Maurizio Bonati is professor of public health at the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCSS in Milan, Italy.
Maurizio Bonati
Professor
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS
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