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Editorial
. 2006 Oct;3(10):e445.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030445.

Social medicine in the twenty-first century

Scott Stonington, Seth M Holmes
Editorial

Social medicine in the twenty-first century

Scott Stonington et al. PLoS Med. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

ThePLoS Medicine editors, and Guest Editors Scott Stonington and Seth Holmes, introduce a special collection of articles examining the social structures that contribute to illness and health.

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