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Public health science in the public square: lobby, litigate, listen
- Award ID(s):
- 1827951
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10283751
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- ISSN:
- 0300-5771
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab136
