Social Research on Neglected Diseases of Poverty: Continuing and Emerging Themes
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Social Research on Neglected Diseases of Poverty: Continuing and Emerging Themes
1 Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 2 DBL Centre for Health Research and Development, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 Centre for Public Health Research & School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, West London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, 4 Dodowa Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Services, Dodo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000332