Strategies to overcome physician shortages in northern Ontario: A study of policy implementation over 35 years

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Pong, Raymond W ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 57149130125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-6-24     Document Type: Article

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