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. 2020 Dec;22(2):67-69.

From Information to Valuable Asset: The Commercialization of Health Data as a Human Rights Issue

Amy Dickens  1
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From Information to Valuable Asset: The Commercialization of Health Data as a Human Rights Issue

Amy Dickens. Health Hum Rights. 2020 Dec.
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Competing interests: None declared.

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