Levels of Participants Satisfaction with Initial Contact and Examination Visit: The Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos (HCHS /SOL)
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عنوان ژورنال: Ethnicity & Disease
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1945-0826,1049-510X
DOI: 10.18865/ed.26.3.435