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Comment
. 2007 May 8;176(10):1439-40.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.070395.

Healthier on arrival? Further insight into the "healthy immigrant effect"

Brian Gushulak  1
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Healthier on arrival? Further insight into the "healthy immigrant effect"

Brian Gushulak. CMAJ. .
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