Health workers' attitudes toward immigrant patients: A cross-sectional survey in primary health care services

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dias, Sónia ^a   Gama, Ana ^a   Cargaleiro, Helena ^b   Martins, Maria O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Ministerio da Saude Portuguese   (Portugal)

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EID: 84863505950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-10-14     Document Type: Article

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