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COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRES
Author(s) -
J V Champion de Cresigny
Publication year - 1972
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.1326-5377.1972.tb47174.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , library science , information retrieval
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