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BMC Health Serv Resjournal_title
BMC health services researchauthors
Parker S,McKinnon L,Kruske Sdoi
10.1186/1472-6963-14-196subject
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2014-05-01 00:00:00pages
196issn
1472-6963pii
1472-6963-14-196journal_volume
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