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Global Health, Equity, and Primary Care
Barbara Starfield
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine November 2007, 20 (6) 511-513; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2007.06.070176
Barbara Starfield
MD, MPH
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Global Health, Equity, and Primary Care
Barbara Starfield
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2007, 20 (6) 511-513; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.06.070176
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