Neighbourhood effects on body constitution–A case study of Hong Kong
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.04.011
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Hong Kong; Neighbourhood effect; Body constitution; Multilevel model; Traditional chinese medicine (TCM); Geographic information system (GIS);All these keywords.
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