Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools

• Main Authors: Zaidan , A. A., Zaidan , B. B., Kadhem, Z., Moussa, Larbani, Lakulu, Modi B., Hashim, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Springer New York LLC 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/50851/1/50851_Challenges%2C_alternatives%2C_and_paths_to_sustainability.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50851/2/50851_Challenges%2C_alternatives%2C_and_paths_to_sustainability_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50851/3/50851_Challenges%2C_alternatives%2C_and_paths_to_sustainability_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50851/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10916-013-9987-7

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