The burden is great and the money little: Changing chronic disease management in low- and middle-income countries

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Reidpath, Daniel D ^a   Allotey, Pascale ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84903466664     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.02.020301     Document Type: Article

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