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Socialized occupational medicine in Israel: past, present, and future

Lilah Rinsky-HalivniDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Clalit Health Services, Jerusalem, Israel; ;Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel; Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Chaim CohenOccupational Health Center, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel; ;The School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel;
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Shlomo MosheThe School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; ;Department of Occupational Medicine, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Holon, Israel;
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Eric AmsterDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Haifa School of Public Health, Haifa, Israel; ;T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, USA
Pages 45-55 | Published online: 21 Mar 2019

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