Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 9 , Pages 587-591 , September 2009

Conventional and ecological public health

  • G. Rayner

      Affiliations

    • Brunel University, London, UK
    • City University, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: GRAssociates Consultancy, 9 Dalebury Road, London SW17 7HQ, UK.

Received 7 May 2009 ,Accepted 24 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.07.012

Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 9 , Pages 587-591 , September 2009

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