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Health Care Becomes an Industry

Darius A. Rastegar
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2004, 2 (1) 79-83; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.18
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vol. 2 no. 1 79-83
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.18
PubMed 
15053287

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication January 9, 2003
  • Revision received March 20, 2003
  • Accepted for publication March 24, 2003
  • Published online January 27, 2004.

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  1. Darius A. Rastegar, MD
  1. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Md
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Darius A. Rastegar, MD, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, D2W 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, drastega{at}jhmi.edu

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