Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 7 , Pages 514-516 , July 2009

On idiocy or the plea for an Aristotelian health policy

Received 24 October 2008 ,Revised 21 March 2009 ,Accepted 28 April 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00099-7

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.04.009

Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 7 , Pages 514-516 , July 2009

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