Implementing New Regulation Promotes Health but May Increase Inequality

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  • David C. Bellinger Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
  • Reza Afshari School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Canada
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volume 7  issue 4

pages  89- 90

publication date 2018-12-01

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