Access to transportation and health care utilization in a rural region.

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Published in J Rural Health on January 01, 2005

Authors

Thomas A Arcury1, John S Preisser, Wilbert M Gesler, James M Powers

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, USA. tarcury@wfubmc.edu

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