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Vol. 153 No. 1 (2023)

The pursuit of health equity in the era of artificial intelligence

  • Tania Manríquez Roa
  • Markus Christen
  • Andreas Reis
  • Nikola Biller-Andorno
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Swiss Med Wkly. 2023;153:40062
Published
23.01.2023

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