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  1. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Richard J. Jackson

  2. Healthy Community Design Initiative, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

    Arthur M. Wendel

  3. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and in the Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    Andrew L. Dannenberg

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Jackson, R.J., Wendel, A.M., Dannenberg, A.L. (2011). Healthy Places Research: Emerging Opportunities. In: Dannenberg, A.L., Frumkin, H., Jackson, R.J. (eds) Making Healthy Places. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-036-1_22

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