Rudolf Virchow, Public Health, and the Built Environment
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Rudolf Virchow
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1099-3460,1471-8505
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jtg060