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Dissecting the ``black box' ' of community intervention: background and rationale

Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA, Thomas-Pearson{at}urmc.rochester.edu

C. Lewis

The Mary Imogene Bassett Research Institute, Cooperstown, New York, USA

S. Wall

Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, UmeÅ University, UmeÅ, Sweden

P.L. Jenkins

The Mary Imogene Bassett Research Institute, Cooperstown, New York, USA

A. Nafziger

The Mary Imogene Bassett Research Institute, Cooperstown, New York, USA

L. Weinehall

Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, UmeÅ University, UmeÅ, Sweden

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Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 29, No. 56 suppl, 5-12 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/14034948010290021301


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