Research ArticleSpecial Communications

Global Health and Primary Care Research

John W. Beasley, Barbara Starfield, Chris van Weel, Walter W. Rosser and Cynthia L. Haq
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2007, 20 (6) 518-526; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2007.06.070172

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