Medical travel and the quality-of-life

Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists and Residents of Host Communities

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 169-191

  Cohen, Erik ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 84901629389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2288-0     Document Type: Chapter

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