Integration of Epidemiology and Community-Based Participatory Research: Helpful or Harmful?
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1476-6256,0002-9262
DOI: 10.1093/aje/163.suppl_11.s231-c