Medical Care for Refugees: A Question of Ethics and Public Health

Overview

Journal Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2016 Jan 27

PMID 26811213

Citations 4

Authors

Jose Antonio Perez-Molina

Miriam J Alvarez-Martinez

Israel Molina

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