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. 1999 Dec 11;319(7224):1519.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7224.1519.

Medical errors kill almost 100000 Americans a year

F Charatan

Medical errors kill almost 100000 Americans a year

F Charatan. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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