Doctor population ratio for India - The reality

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 632-635

  Deo, Madhav G ^a,b,c  

^a Moving Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine   (India)

^b Medical Council of India   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

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ARTICLE; HEALTH CENTER; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCIENTIST; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84877764635     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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