A case-control study of the health and well-being benefits of allotment gardening.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Journal of public health

• Publication date

  2016-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/PUBMED/FDV146PMID 26515229
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