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&'(& (eference a--eared bet2een 3a! and 4ctober 5//% in three editions (222.&'(&(eference.com). The reader fi,ures u- to 6 th 3a! 5//6 ha1e been com-iled in Table $.7. The P"F documents of the three editions 2ere accessed more than 6/,/// times8 the most im-ortant cha-ters 2ere o-ened more than %/,/// times each. 's in the case of 9#: 3edicine 5//%, 2e remo1ed the co-!ri,ht for &'(& (eference. The boo. 2as then translated into hinese, French, #talian, Portu,uese, (omanian, &-anish and :ietnamese (see htt-;<<sarsreference.com<sarsref<lan,.htm). The t2o hinese translations 2ere also -ublished as -rinted boo.lets and handed out to +,/// and $/,/// hinese doctors, res-ecti1el!, at the -ea. of the &'(& e-idemic (see Fi,. $.$). &'(& (eference had more than 5//,/// readers in 5/ months, because it 2as free of char,e. #t 2as translated into = lan,ua,es because it 2as free of char,e and the co-!ri,ht had been remo1ed. &'(& (eference is in third -lace on the >oo,le list after the " and the ?94, because it is .no2n throu,hout the 2orld. &'(& (eference 2as re1ie2ed t2ice, in Science and in the British Medical Journal because it sho2ed ne2 2a!s of -ublishin, medical information.

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