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[AIDS, activism, and the regulation of clinical trials in Brazil: Protocol 028]

M A Oliveira1, E M Santos, J M Mello

  • 1Núcleo de Assistência Farmacêutica, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21041-210, Brasil. dora@ensp.fiocruz.br

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|August 22, 2001
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