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Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising and Patient-Provider Interactions

Helen W. Sullivan, Kathryn J. Aikin, Jennifer Berktold, Karen L. Stein and Victoria J. Hoverman
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2020, 33 (2) 279-283; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.190278
Helen W. Sullivan
the US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD (HWS, KJA); Westat, Rockville, MD (JB, KLS, VJH).
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Kathryn J. Aikin
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Jennifer Berktold
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Karen L. Stein
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