WTO, globalization and China's health care system

WTO, Globalization and China's Health Care System

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-289

  Wang, Mei Ling ^a   Zhang, Shuo ^b   Wang, Xiao Wan ^c  

^a University of the Sciences in Philidelphia   (United States)

^b DSS VHA   (United States)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84992439233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230286962     Document Type: Book

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