Health worker densities and immunization coverage in Turkey: A panel data analysis

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mitchell, Andrew D ^a   Bossert, Thomas J ^a   Yip, Winnie ^b   Mollahaliloglu, Salih ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

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EID: 60649086006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-6-29     Document Type: Article

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