The role of wages in the migration of health care professionals from developing countries

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Vujicic, Marko ^a   Zurn, Pascal ^a   Diallo, Khassoum ^a   Adams, Orvill ^a   Dal Poz, Mario ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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EID: 4243178179     PISSN: 14784491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-2-3     Document Type: Article

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