Public Health
Volume 126, Issue 1 , Pages 12-17 , January 2012

Public health interventions and behaviour change: Reviewing the grey literature

Received 17 May 2010 ,Revised 4 April 2011 ,Accepted 23 September 2011.

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PII: S0033-3506(11)00278-2

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.09.023

Public Health
Volume 126, Issue 1 , Pages 12-17 , January 2012