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from Part II - The Globalization of Prevention Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

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. 701 - 798
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