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Travel behaviour among inbound medical tourists in Kuala Lumpur

Ghazali Musa Marketing and Information Systems, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 59200, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Thinaranjeney Thirumoorthi Marketing and Information Systems, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 59200, Malaysia
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Dharmesh Doshi Marketing and Information Systems, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 59200, Malaysia
Pages 525-543 | Received 13 Aug 2010, Accepted 20 Sep 2011, Published online: 19 Oct 2011

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