Health tourism: Social welfare through international trade

Health Tourism: Social Welfare through International Trade

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-198

  Reisman, David ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85039545518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849805537     Document Type: Book

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