Use of a population-based survey to describe the health of Boston public housing residents.

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Published in Am J Public Health on November 29, 2007

Authors

Eleni C Digenis-Bury1, Daniel R Brooks, Leslie Chen, Mary Ostrem, C Robert Horsburgh

Author Affiliations

1: Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA, USA.

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