OtherFamily Medicine and the Health Care System
Physician Supply and Breast Cancer Survival
Kevin M. Gorey, Isaac N. Luginaah, Karen Y. Fung, Emma Bartfay, Caroline Hamm, Frances C. Wright, Madhan Balagurusamy and Eric J. Holowaty
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine January 2010, 23 (1) 104-108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090064
Kevin M. Gorey
PhD, MSW
Isaac N. Luginaah
PhD
Karen Y. Fung
PhD
Emma Bartfay
PhD
Caroline Hamm
MD
Frances C. Wright
MD, MEd
Madhan Balagurusamy
MSc

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Physician Supply and Breast Cancer Survival
Kevin M. Gorey, Isaac N. Luginaah, Karen Y. Fung, Emma Bartfay, Caroline Hamm, Frances C. Wright, Madhan Balagurusamy, Eric J. Holowaty
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jan 2010, 23 (1) 104-108; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090064
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