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The ideal minister of health
  1. T Takano
  1. Health Promotion/International Health, Division of Public Health, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Yushima 1-5-45 Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
  1. Correspondence to:
 Professor T Takano;
 takano.hlth{at}tmd.ac.jp

https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.56.12.892-a

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