Human resources for health and burden of disease: An econometric approach

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Castillo Laborde, Carla ^a  

^a Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

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EID: 79251556834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-9-4     Document Type: Article

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