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Editorial
The ideal minister of health
  1. S K Kapoor
  1. Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project, All India Insititute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr S K Kapoor;
 crhspaiims{at}sancharnet.in

https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.56.12.892

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