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Wiedenmayer, K. et al. World Health Organization (WHO), International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) (2006) C_WHO
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The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, a collaborative endeavour of the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank ... more