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REVIEW

Psychiatrists’ Relationships with Industry: The Principal-Agent Problem

, MD & , MD, PhD
Pages 255-265 | Received 18 Jan 2010, Accepted 12 Apr 2010, Published online: 08 Sep 2010

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