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. 2011 May;57(5):527-9, e151-3.

Medical tourism: what Canadian family physicians need to know

[Article in English, French]
Valorie A Crooks  1 , Jeremy Snyder
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Medical tourism: what Canadian family physicians need to know

[Article in English, French]
Valorie A Crooks et al. Can Fam Physician. 2011 May.
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