American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 149-153 , August 2005

The Medicine and Public Health Initiative: Ten Years Later

  • Leslie M. Beitsch, MD, JD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Affairs, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Leslie M. Beitsch, MD, Division of Health Affairs, FSU College of Medicine, 1269 W. Call Street, Tallahassee FL 32306-4300
    • ,
  • Robert G. Brooks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Affairs, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida
    • ,
  • Jay H. Glasser, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Yank D. Coble Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

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PII: S0749-3797(05)00136-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.04.005

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 149-153 , August 2005

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