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- ↑ "A Message from President Bruce Link". IAPHS. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ↑ Link, Eugene P. (1992). The Social Ideas of American Physicians (1776-1976): Studies of the Humanitarian Tradition in Medicine. Susquehanna University Press. p. 21. ISBN 9780945636342.
- ↑ "Farewell Wishes for Bruce Link". Social Epidemiology Unit. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
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