The Provision of Health Services in Jordan to Syrian Refugees
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1 Electrical Engineering, Director of the Excellence center at Yarmouk University, Jordan 2 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece 3 PhD candidate National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece 4 Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London 5 RN, MSc National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece 6 Professor of Health Informatics National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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