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Public Health and Poverty

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  1. Direction de santé publique, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Richard Lessard MD (Director)

  2. Consulting physician to the Direction de santé publique (DSP) Montreal and director of the Département de médecine sociale et préventive, École de santé publique [translation: department of social and preventive medicine, school of public healt, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Marie-France Raynault MD

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Lessard, R., Raynault, MF. Public Health and Poverty. Can J Public Health 100, 247–248 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03403939

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