Published in Am J Public Health on February 25, 2015
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Understanding interactions with the food environment: an exploration of supermarket food shopping routines in deprived neighbourhoods. Health Place (2012) 0.95
A systematic review of the influence of community level social factors on alcohol use. Health Place (2013) 0.93
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The Well London program--a cluster randomized trial of community engagement for improving health behaviors and mental wellbeing: baseline survey results. Trials (2012) 0.90