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BMC Health Serv Resjournal_title
BMC health services researchauthors
Louis Simonet M,Kossovsky MP,Chopard P,Sigaud P,Perneger TV,Gaspoz JMdoi
10.1186/1472-6963-8-154subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-07-22 00:00:00pages
154issn
1472-6963pii
1472-6963-8-154journal_volume
8pub_type
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