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Eur J Public Healthjournal_title
European journal of public healthauthors
van't Leven M,Zielhuis GA,van der Meer JW,Verbeek AL,Bleijenberg Gdoi
10.1093/eurpub/ckp113subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-06-01 00:00:00pages
251-7issue
3eissn
1101-1262issn
1464-360Xpii
ckp113journal_volume
20pub_type
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