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The Astronomy of Africa’s Health Systems Literature During the MDG Era: Where Are the Systems Clusters?

James F Phillips, Mallory Sheff and Christopher B Boyer
Global Health: Science and Practice September 2015, 3(3):482-502; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00034
James F Phillips
aColumbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, New York, NY, USA
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Mallory Sheff
aColumbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, New York, NY, USA
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Christopher B Boyer
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vol. 3 no. 3 482-502
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00034
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26374806

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2169-575X
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  • Received: February 4, 2015
  • Accepted: July 15, 2015
  • Published online September 15, 2015.

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  1. James F Phillipsa⇑,
  2. Mallory Sheffa,
  3. Christopher B Boyera
  1. a​Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, New York, NY, USA
  1. Correspondence to James F Phillips (james.phillips{at}columbia.edu).
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