Housing conditions and health consequences

Housing and Health: The Role of Primary Care

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 17-45

  Hopton, Jane ^a   Platt, Stephen ^a   Macleod, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749567325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781315377711     Document Type: Chapter

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