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  1. South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

    Tanya Doherty & Mickey Chopra

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Richard D. Semba MD, MPH

  2. Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Policy, United Nations World Food Programme, Rome, Italy

    Martin W. Bloem MD, PhD

  3. Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Martin W. Bloem MD, PhD

  4. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA

    Martin W. Bloem MD, PhD

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Doherty, T., Chopra, M. (2008). Ethics in Public Health Research. In: Semba, R.D., Bloem, M.W., Piot, P. (eds) Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries. Nutrition and Health Series. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-464-3_33

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