Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 8 , Pages 444-451 , August 2010

A health impact assessment of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

  • G. McCartney

      Affiliations

    • MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 (0) 141 357 3949; fax: +44 (0) 141 337 2389.
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  • S. Palmer

      Affiliations

    • Glasgow City Council, Glasgow, UK
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  • J. Winterbottom

      Affiliations

    • Glasgow City Council, Glasgow, UK
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  • R. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow, UK
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  • R. Kendall

      Affiliations

    • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK
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  • D. Booker

      Affiliations

    • Glasgow City Council, Glasgow, UK

Received 22 December 2009 ,Revised 12 March 2010 ,Accepted 15 April 2010.

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PII: S0033-3506(10)00121-6

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.04.004

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 8 , Pages 444-451 , August 2010