Do primary care providers who speak Chinese improve access to mental health care of Chinese immigrants?

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Alice W ^a   Kazanjian, Arminée ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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