Measuring Health
- ISBN-10
- 0335246923
- ISBN-13
- 9780335246922
- Series
- Measuring Health
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 226
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-10-01
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
- Author
- Ann Bowling
Description
This book offers a comprehensive guide to measures of health and is an essential reference resource for all health professionals and students.
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- 2006-03-09
- 768 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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- 2006-03-09
- 768 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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- 2006
- 748 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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