Deregulating health: policy lessons from the BSE affair.

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Published in J R Soc Med on August 01, 1996

Authors

M McKee1, T Lang, J A Roberts

Author Affiliations

1: Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, England.

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