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Beginning with Our Voices: How the Experiential Stories of First Nations Women Contribute to a National Research Project. 从我们的声音开始:第一民族妇女的经验故事如何为国家研究项目做出贡献。

Journal of aboriginal health Pub Date : 2009-12-01 DOI: 10.3138/IJIH.V4I2.28971

S. Acoose, Debbie Blunderfield, C. Dell, Valerie Desjarlais

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Journal of aboriginal health Pub Date : 2009-12-01

Sharon Acoose, Debbie Blunderfield, Colleen Anne Dell, Val Desjarlais

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