Commentary: Developing and retaining a public health workforce for the 21st century: Readiness for a paradigm shift to community-based public health

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 500-503

  Amodeo, Adele R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

community based public health; local public health departments; public health workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649459395     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200311000-00010     Document Type: Article

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