The distribution of GPs in Ireland in relation to deprivation

Conor Teljeur1, Tom O'Dowd, Stephen Thomas

  • 1Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Centre for Health Sciences, AMiNCH, Tallaght, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. teljeurc@tcd.ie

Health & Place
|July 27, 2010
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