Operational research capacity building through the Structured Operational Research Training Initiative (SORT-IT) in China: implementation, outcomes and challenges
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Infectious Diseases of Poverty
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2049-9957
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-021-00865-w