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Distance and the decision to visit an emergency department

โœ Scribed by D.R. Ingram; D.R. Clarke; R.A. Murdie

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1978
Weight
784 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0160-8002

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