Urban Sprawl and Public Health

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Public health reports (1974)

• Publication date

  2002-05-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Business, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/phr/117.3.201PMID 12432132PMCID PMC1497432
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