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Swimming upstream

Access, health outcomes, and the social determinants of health

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  1. St. Michael’s Hospital, Centre for Research in Inner City Health Toronto, and Faculties of Medicine and Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Arlene S. Bierman MD, MS

  2. St. Michael’s Hospital, Centre for Research in Inner City Health Toronto, and Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    James R. Dunn PhD

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Bierman, A.S., Dunn, J.R. Swimming upstream. J GEN INTERN MED 21, 99–100 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.00317.x

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