Health promotion by stealth: active transportation success in Helsinki, Finland
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ESSLLI 2001 , Helsinki , Finland
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Promotion International
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0957-4824,1460-2245
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daw110