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. 2011 Jun 1;89(6):394.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.088229.

Surgery as a public health intervention: common misconceptions versus the truth

Jin Yung Bae, Reinou S Groen, Adam L Kushner

Surgery as a public health intervention: common misconceptions versus the truth

Jin Yung Bae et al. Bull World Health Organ. .
No abstract available

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