The 2012 Olympics: Assessing the public health eff ect

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9797, 2011, Pages 1193-1195

  Wellings, Kaye ^a   Datta, Jessica ^a   Wilkinson, Paul ^a   Petticrew, Mark ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AUSTRALIA; COMPETITION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 80053291421     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60550-3     Document Type: Note

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