Medical tourism: Family medicine and international health-related travel;Tourisme médical: La médecine familiale et les voyages internationaux reliés à la santé

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Turner, Leigh ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; TOURISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 38449088638     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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