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Eicher, C., Kawachi, I. (2011). Social Capital and Community Design. In: Dannenberg, A.L., Frumkin, H., Jackson, R.J. (eds) Making Healthy Places. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-036-1_8

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