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1 - The Emergence of Prevention Science

from The Nature of Prevention Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

By
Moshe Israelashvili  and
John L. Romano
Edited by
Moshe Israelashvili  and
John L. Romano
Moshe Israelashvili
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
John L. Romano
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science , pp. 2 - 18
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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