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. 2016 Aug 2:4:159.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00159. eCollection 2016.

Use Your Words Carefully: What Is a Chronic Disease?

Stephanie Bernell  1 , Steven W Howard  2
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Use Your Words Carefully: What Is a Chronic Disease?

Stephanie Bernell et al. Front Public Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: HIV; chronic conditions; chronic disease; chronic illness; health knowledge; health policy.

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