Why the next census needs to ask about language

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7513, 2005, Pages 363-364

  Aspinall, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 23844482140     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.363     Document Type: Editorial

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