Social Research on Neglected Diseases of Poverty: Continuing and Emerging Themes
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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, Dodowa, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, 5 UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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عنوان ژورنال:
- PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009