Community, equity, access: Core geographic concepts in primary health care

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-273

  Crooks, Valorie A ^a   Andrews, Gavin J ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

access; community; equity; geography; place; primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011491922     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423609001133     Document Type: Article

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