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An absence of ‘the environment’ in HPE teachers’ meanings of health

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Taylor, N., Wright, J. & O’Flynn, G. An absence of ‘the environment’ in HPE teachers’ meanings of health. Curric Perspect 39, 97–101 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41297-019-00072-6

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