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. 2002 Apr 13;324(7342):883-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.883.

In search of "non-disease"

Richard Smith  1
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In search of "non-disease"

Richard Smith. BMJ. .
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Results of survey in 1979 in which a range of subjects (non-medical academics, secondary school students, medical academics, and general practitioners) were asked which of 38 conditions they considered to be diseases
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