Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 2 , Pages 148-153 , February 2007

Specialist capacity in public health: Are we hitting the target?

Received 1 July 2005 ,Revised 31 March 2006 ,Accepted 19 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.027

Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 2 , Pages 148-153 , February 2007