Equity in Healthcare: Status, Barriers, and Challenges
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عنوان ژورنال: World Family Medicine Journal /Middle East Journal of Family Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1839-0188,1839-0196
DOI: 10.5742/mejfm.2011.96035