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The Role of Social Prescribing in Addressing Health Inequalities

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The Role of Social Prescribing in Addressing Health Inequalities. / Khan, Koser; Tierney, Stephanie .
Social Prescribing Policy, Research and Practice : Transforming Systems and Communities for Improved Health and Wellbeing. ed. / Marcello Bertotti. 1. ed. Cham: Springer, 2024. p. 31-45.

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Khan, K & Tierney, S 2024, The Role of Social Prescribing in Addressing Health Inequalities. in M Bertotti (ed.), Social Prescribing Policy, Research and Practice : Transforming Systems and Communities for Improved Health and Wellbeing. 1 edn, Springer, Cham, pp. 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52106-5_3

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Khan, K., & Tierney, S. (2024). The Role of Social Prescribing in Addressing Health Inequalities. In M. Bertotti (Ed.), Social Prescribing Policy, Research and Practice : Transforming Systems and Communities for Improved Health and Wellbeing (1 ed., pp. 31-45). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52106-5_3

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Khan K, Tierney S. The Role of Social Prescribing in Addressing Health Inequalities. In Bertotti M, editor, Social Prescribing Policy, Research and Practice : Transforming Systems and Communities for Improved Health and Wellbeing. 1 ed. Cham: Springer. 2024. p. 31-45 doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-52106-5_3

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Khan, Koser ; Tierney, Stephanie . / The Role of Social Prescribing in Addressing Health Inequalities. Social Prescribing Policy, Research and Practice : Transforming Systems and Communities for Improved Health and Wellbeing. editor / Marcello Bertotti. 1. ed. Cham : Springer, 2024. pp. 31-45

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