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Prevention at the Front Line: How home nurses, pedagogues, and teachers transform public worry into decisions on special efforts

Gitte Sommer Harrits Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marie Østergaard Møller Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 447-480 | Published online: 25 Oct 2013

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