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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Supornchai Kongpatanakul

  2. Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pensylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-6095, USA

    Brian L. Strom

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Kongpatanakul, S., Strom, B.L. Quality of Life, Health Status and Clinical Drug Research. Pharmacoeconomics 2, 8–14 (1992). https://doi.org/10.2165/00019053-199202010-00003

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