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Russian as a commodity: medical tourism and the healthcare industry in post-Soviet Lithuania

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Russian as a commodity: medical tourism and the healthcare industry in post-Soviet Lithuania. / Muth, Sebastian.
In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2017, p. 404-416.

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Muth, S 2017, 'Russian as a commodity: medical tourism and the healthcare industry in post-Soviet Lithuania', International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 404-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2015.1115002

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Muth, S. (2017). Russian as a commodity: medical tourism and the healthcare industry in post-Soviet Lithuania. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 20(4), 404-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2015.1115002

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Muth S. Russian as a commodity: medical tourism and the healthcare industry in post-Soviet Lithuania. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 2017;20(4):404-416. Epub 2015 Dec 7. doi: 10.1080/13670050.2015.1115002

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Muth, Sebastian. / Russian as a commodity : medical tourism and the healthcare industry in post-Soviet Lithuania. In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 2017 ; Vol. 20, No. 4. pp. 404-416.

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