Commentary: Assessing population (baseline) risk is a cornerstone of population health planning—looking forward to address new challenges
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The Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Departments of Family Medicine and Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 39 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010