Getting married in China: Pass the medical first

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7383, 2003, Pages 277-279

  Hesketh, Therese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; LAW; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0037309665     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7383.277     Document Type: Short Survey

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