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Inequities in Ambulatory Care and the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Respiratory Hospitalizations: A Population-Based Study of a Canadian City

Aaron J. Trachtenberg, Natalia Dik, Dan Chateau and Alan Katz
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2014, 12 (5) 402-407; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1683
Aaron J. Trachtenberg
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Natalia Dik
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Dan Chateau
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Alan Katz
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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