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Hongpeng Sun1, Meina Liu, Shuang Hou

  • 1Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Haerbin City, Heilongjiang Province, 150081, P.R. China.

International Journal for Quality in Health Care : Journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care
|May 13, 2011
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