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  1. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Mazer 408, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA

    Earle C. Chambers & Damaris Fuster

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Chambers, E.C., Fuster, D. Housing as an obesity-mediating environment. Int J Public Health 57, 453–454 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-012-0349-x

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