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Published on 10.09.13 in Vol 15, No 9 (2013): September

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Works citing "Evaluating Aspects of Online Medication Safety in Long-Term Follow-Up of 136 Internet Pharmacies: Illegal Rogue Online Pharmacies Flourish and Are Long-Lived"

Andras Fittler, Gergely Bősze, Lajos Botz

J Med Internet Res 2013 (Sep 10); 15(9):e199 

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