What is a public health observatory?: Table 1
Journal of Epidemiology & Community HealthPublished 16 April 2003Open access
J Hemmings, J Wilkinson
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If the trend of labelling an increasing number of institutions “observatories” continues, then there is a danger of the title becoming cliched and lacking in substance, which could detract from the value that the label ‘observatory’ may lend to an institution.
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