Heartbeat: Cardiac rehabilitation in low-resource settings
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Cardiac rehabilitation delivery model for low-resource settings
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1355-6037,1468-201X
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310394