Neighborhoods and cardiovascular risk: Beyond individual-level risk factors
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1932-9520,1932-9563
DOI: 10.1007/s12170-008-0033-0