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What is the Potential for Community Currencies to Deliver Positive Public Health Outcomes? Case Study of Time Credits in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, UK. 社区货币带来积极公共卫生成果的潜力是什么?英国剑桥郡Wisbech时间学分案例研究

International journal of community currency research Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.15133/j.ijccr.2017.006

Gemma Burgess

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