1 Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon 2 Department of Health Behavior and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, ...

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Correspondence to Dr Michael Millar, Division of Infection, Barts and The London NHS Trust, Pathology and Pharmacy Building 80 Newark Street, London E1 2ES, UK; michael.millar{at}bartsandthelondon.nhs ...

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Introduction Understanding the views of the public is essential if generally acceptable policies are to be devised that balance research access to general practice patient records with protection of ...

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