The large number of Southeast Asian, Hispanic, and Portuguese immigrants in Rhode Island face formidable language and cultural barriers in gaining acc...
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In 1986, the National Cancer Institute began a major grant program to enhance the technical capabilities of public health departments in cancer preven...
A reprise of selected known factors about the influences affecting the prescribing and use of drugs, and some new developments in the drug marketplace...
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There is little available information on the smoking habits of Native Americans. The authors used data from the Washington State birth certificate to ...
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