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. 2017 Jan 1;108(1):e1–e6. doi: 10.17269/CJPH.108.6143

The weakening of public health: A threat to population health and health care system sustainability

L’affaiblissement de la santé publique: une menace pour la santé des populations et la viabilité du système de soins de santé

Ak’ingabe Guyon 11,91,, Trevor Hancock 21, Megan Kirk 31, Marjorie MacDonald 41, Cory Neudorf 51, Penny Sutcliffe 61, James Talbot 71, Gaynor Watson-Creed 81
PMCID: PMC6972173  PMID: 28425892

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