Selective primary health care: an interim strategy for disease control in developing countries.

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• Publication year

  1979

• Venue

  New England Journal of Medicine

• Publication date

  1979-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1056/NEJM197911013011804PMID 114830
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