What is rural? Issues and considerations

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-256

  Johnson Webb, Karen D ^a   Baer, Leonard D ^b   Gesler, Wilbert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; NOMENCLATURE; POLICY; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030830715     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1997.tb00849.x     Document Type: Review

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