The Importance of Population Denominators for High-Impact Public Health for Marginalized Populations
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David W Purcell, JD, PhD; H Irene Hall, PhD; Kyle L Bernstein, PhD, ScM; Thomas L Gift, PhD; Eugene McCray, MD; Jonathan Mermin, MPH, MD 1Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States 2Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States 3National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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دوره 2 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016