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Commentary: Public Outreach by the FDA: Evaluating Oversight of Human Drugs and Medical Devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Mark S. Frankel
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , Winter 2009 , pp. 625 - 628
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2009

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