Self care and consumer health. Do we need a public health ethics?
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Self care and consumer health. Do we need a public health ethics?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.1.5