Green space, urbanity, and health: how strong is the relation?

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on July 01, 2006

Authors

Jolanda Maas1, Robert A Verheij, Peter P Groenewegen, Sjerp de Vries, Peter Spreeuwenberg

Author Affiliations

1: NIVEL, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, PO Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, Netherlands. j.maas@nivel.nl

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