Poverty and Cultural Diversity: Challenges for Health Promotion Among the Medically Underserved
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عنوان ژورنال: Annual Review of Public Health
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0163-7525,1545-2093
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pu.14.050193.002035