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Staffing remote rural areas in middle- and low-income countries: A literature review of attraction and retention

Uta Lehmann*, Marjolein Dieleman and Tim Martineau

BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:19 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-19

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