Regional Disparity of Ambulatory Health Care Utilization
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Patterns of ambulatory care utilization in Taiwan
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1226-9719
DOI: 10.11108/kagis.2012.15.4.138