Physiotherapy
Volume 97, Issue 1 , Pages 71-77 , March 2011

Discrete-event computer simulation methods in the optimisation of a physiotherapy clinic

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doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2010.02.009

Physiotherapy
Volume 97, Issue 1 , Pages 71-77 , March 2011