Missing a Nurse Visit

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Missing a Nurse Visit. / Hirani, Jonas Lau-Jensen; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik; Wüst, Miriam.

2020.

Publikation: Working paperForskning

Harvard

Hirani, JL-J, Sievertsen, HH & Wüst, M 2020 'Missing a Nurse Visit'. <https://www.econ.ku.dk/cebi/publikationer/working-papers/Rev._CEBI_WP_09-20.pdf>

APA

Hirani, J. L-J., Sievertsen, H. H., & Wüst, M. (2020). Missing a Nurse Visit. CEBI Working Paper Series Nr. 09/20 https://www.econ.ku.dk/cebi/publikationer/working-papers/Rev._CEBI_WP_09-20.pdf

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Hirani JL-J, Sievertsen HH, Wüst M. Missing a Nurse Visit. 2020.

Author

Hirani, Jonas Lau-Jensen ; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik ; Wüst, Miriam. / Missing a Nurse Visit. 2020. (CEBI Working Paper Series; Nr. 09/20).

Bibtex

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