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The elephant in the room?: Why spatial stigma does not receive the public health attention it deserves

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The elephant in the room? Why spatial stigma does not receive the public health attention it deserves. / Halliday, Emma; Popay, Jennie; Anderson de Cuevas, Rachel et al.
In: Journal of Public Health, Vol. 42, No. 1, 01.03.2020, p. 38-43.

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Halliday E, Popay J, Anderson de Cuevas R, Wheeler P. The elephant in the room? Why spatial stigma does not receive the public health attention it deserves. Journal of Public Health. 2020 Mar 1;42(1):38-43. Epub 2018 Dec 20. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy214

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Halliday, Emma ; Popay, Jennie ; Anderson de Cuevas, Rachel et al. / The elephant in the room? Why spatial stigma does not receive the public health attention it deserves. In: Journal of Public Health. 2020 ; Vol. 42, No. 1. pp. 38-43.

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