Affordable primary health care in low-income countries: can it be achieved?
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2071-2936,2071-2928
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v2i1.246