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Comment
. 2009 Apr;38(2):591-3.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyn363. Epub 2009 Jan 27.

Commentary: Challenging public health orthodoxies--prophesy or heresy?

Andrew M Prentice  1 , Mathilde Savy, Momodou K Darboe, Sophie E Moore
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Commentary: Challenging public health orthodoxies--prophesy or heresy?

Andrew M Prentice et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2009 Apr.
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