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  • Special Feature Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health
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  1. National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region

    Neil Rambo MLS

  2. Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, University of Washington, Box 357155, 98195-7155, Seattle, WA

    Neil Rambo MLS

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Rambo, N. Information resources for public health practice. J Urban Health 75, 807–825 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02344510

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