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Public health care providers and market competition: the case of Finnish occupational health services

✍ Scribed by Eila Kankaanpää; Ismo Linnosmaa; Hannu Valtonen

Publisher
Springer
Year
2010
Tongue
French
Weight
316 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
1618-7598

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