Pathology practice in a resource-poor setting Mwanza, Tanzania

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-193

  Rambau, Peter F ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; STANDARD; TANZANIA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIANS; TANZANIA;

EID: 79952062400     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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