Integration of social epidemiology and community-engaged interventions to improve health equity.

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Published in Am J Public Health on March 18, 2011

Authors

Nina B Wallerstein1, Irene H Yen, S Leonard Syme

Author Affiliations

1: Master of Public Health Program, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131, USA. nwallerstein@salud.unm.edu

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