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The scientific muscle of Brazil's health biotechnology
Marcela Ferrer1, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Uyen Quach
1Marcela Ferrer is Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policies, Institute for Public Affairs, University of Chile Diagonal Paraguay 265, Piso 13, Santiago, Chile.
Nature Biotechnology
|December 8, 2004
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