Prevention and Control
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 73-84 , June 2006

Isfahan healthy heart program: Evaluation of comprehensive, community-based interventions for non-communicable disease prevention

Received 30 October 2005 ,Revised 2 June 2006 ,Accepted 16 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.precon.2006.10.003

Prevention and Control
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 73-84 , June 2006

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