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The World Health Organization Perspective

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Lawrence, R.J. (2005). Building Healthy Cities. In: Galea, S., Vlahov, D. (eds) Handbook of Urban Health. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25822-1_24

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