Swimming 'upstream' to tackle the social determinants of health.
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Centre for Research on Inner City Health, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ quality & safety
دوره 25 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016