Lessons Learned from Conducting a National Health Survey (Iran’s Multiple Indicators Demographic and Health Survey 2010)
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1. Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 2. Tabriz Health Services Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 3. School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4. Knowledge Utilization Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 5. School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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