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Healthcare is a major component of the contemporary welfare state, and thus ensuring public health through product safety is a substantive public concern.
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- Member State
- European Union Member State
- Social Health Insurance
- Pharmacovigilance System
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Kaeding, M., Schmälter, J., Klika, C. (2017). Introduction. In: Pharmacovigilance in the European Union. Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17276-3_1
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