The human resource for health situation in Zambia: Deficit and maldistribution

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ferrinho, Paulo ^a   Siziya, Seter ^b   Goma, Fastone ^b   Dussault, Gilles ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

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EID: 83655203209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-9-30     Document Type: Article

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