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Editorial
. 2006 Oct 21;333(7573):815-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39006.478796.80.

Health in the middle East

Editorial

Health in the middle East

Wasim Maziak. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Bimaristan hospital for the mentally ill in Aleppo, Syria Credit: AL MOHANDES AL MADANY

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