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Comment
. 2006 Jul;60(7):572-3.
doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.037549.

Speaking theoretically about population health

James R Dunn  1
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Comment

Speaking theoretically about population health

James R Dunn. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

The theoretical project of population health is still in early infancy and is still quite marginal to the main emphasis of most publications in the field.

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