Direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription drugs: what are Americans being sold?

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1 October 2001

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Published by Elsevier in The Lancet

Vol. 358 (9288) , 1141-1146
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(01)06254-7

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INTERPRETATION PROVISION OF COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN ADVERTISEMENTS WOULD SERVE THE INTERESTS OF PHYSICIANS AND THE PUBLIC.

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