The INDEPTH Network: filling vital gaps in global epidemiology
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چکیده
INDEPTH Network, PO Box KD213, Kanda, Accra, Ghana, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå 90187, Sweden and MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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دوره 41 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012