Iraqi health system in kurdistan region: Medical professionals' perspectives on challenges and priorities for improvement

Conflict and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Shabila, Nazar P ^a   Al Tawil, Namir G ^a   Tahir, Rebaz ^b   Shwani, Falah H ^b   Saleh, Abubakir M ^a   Al Hadithi, Tariq S ^a  

^a HAWLER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b Directorate of Health   (Iraq)

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EID: 79957893483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-4-19     Document Type: Article

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