Health impact assessment (HIA): lessons from Thailand
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2579-1451,1391-3174
DOI: 10.4038/jccpsl.v19i1.7625