The concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray?

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

• Publication date

  2008-06-16

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1136/jech.2007.071027PMID 18559439
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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