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A Regional Model of Community Health Improvement in Western North Carolina
WNC Healthy Impact
Heather Gates and Gibbie Harris
North Carolina Medical Journal November 2014, 75 (6) 404-405; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.75.6.404
Heather Gates
executive director, WNC Health Network, Asheville, North Carolina.
Gibbie Harris
health director, Buncombe County Health and Human Services, Asheville, North Carolina.

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North Carolina Medical Journal
Vol. 75, Issue 6
November-December 2014
A Regional Model of Community Health Improvement in Western North Carolina
Heather Gates, Gibbie Harris
North Carolina Medical Journal Nov 2014, 75 (6) 404-405; DOI: 10.18043/ncm.75.6.404
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