Comment on “Models of care for musculoskeletal health in Australia: now more than ever to drive evidence into health policy and practice”
Tamzin Dimmock
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Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia. Email: T.Dimmock@alfred.org.au
Australian Health Review 39(1) 117-118 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH14163
Submitted: 18 September 2014 Accepted: 30 September 2014 Published: 22 January 2015
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