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. 2018 Jan 1;96(1):66-68.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.17.197426. Epub 2017 Nov 23.

Policy implications of big data in the health sector

Effy Vayena  1 , Joan Dzenowagis  2 , John S Brownstein  3 , Aziz Sheikh  4
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Policy implications of big data in the health sector

Effy Vayena et al. Bull World Health Organ. .
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The evolving data ecosystem that links health-related big data, 2017
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