The Survey of Access to GastroEnterology (SAGE) Program: Advocacy Needs Facts Not Anecdotes
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Survey of access to gastroenterology in Canada: the SAGE wait times program.
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0835-7900
DOI: 10.1155/2008/378784