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Stuck With the Car and All its Harms? A Public Health Approach to the Political Economy of the Status Quo 被汽车和它的危害困住了吗?现状的政治经济学的公共卫生方法

Emerging Agendas in Research, Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2021-05-24 DOI: 10.16997/ATS.1084

Alexandre Macmillan, Katharine S. E. Cresswell Riol, Kirsty Wild

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