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01-04-2012 | Letter to the Editor

Housing as an obesity-mediating environment

Authors: Earle C. Chambers, Damaris Fuster

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 2/2012

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Title: Housing as an obesity-mediating environment
Authors: Earle C. Chambers
Damaris Fuster
Publication date: 01-04-2012
Publisher: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 2/2012
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-012-0349-x

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