Body mass index in urban Canada: neighborhood and metropolitan area effects.

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Published in Am J Public Health on January 31, 2007

Authors

Nancy A Ross1, Stephane Tremblay, Saeeda Khan, Daniel Crouse, Mark Tremblay, Jean-Marie Berthelot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. nancy.ross@mcgill.ca

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