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Special Section: Health Communication Activities in Europe for Communicable Disease Prevention: Results of the Translating Health Communications Project

Reputation, Relationships, Risk Communication, and the Role of Trust in the Prevention and Control of Communicable Disease: A Review

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Pages 1550-1565 | Published online: 03 Dec 2013

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