Medical tourism facilitators: Patterns of service differentiation
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Medical tourism facilitators: Patterns of service differentiation
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vacation Marketing
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1356-7667,1479-1870
DOI: 10.1177/1356766711409181