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The Expanding Role of MCH Epidemiologists: Evolving Job Description, Tasks and Skill Areas, and Sources of Training Support

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  1. Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, RPHB 330Q, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294-0022

    Greg R. Alexander MPH, ScD (Co-Editor-in-Chief)

  2. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18-41, Rockville, Maryland, 20857

    Michael D. Kogan PhD (Guest Editor, Special Supplement)

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Alexander, G.R., Kogan, M.D. The Expanding Role of MCH Epidemiologists: Evolving Job Description, Tasks and Skill Areas, and Sources of Training Support. Matern Child Health J 9, 121–123 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-005-4903-5

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