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Ompad, D.C., Galea, S., Vlahov, D. (2007). Urbanicity, Urbanization, and the Urban Environment. In: Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70812-6_3

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