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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND TROPICAL MEDICINE
Author(s) -
Dean,
LuAnn E. White
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1965.tb25301.x
Subject(s) - citation , medical school , library science , computer science , medicine , medical education
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