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Affiliations

¹ Alison Fildes, Judith Charlton, Peter Littlejohns, Toby Prevost, and Martin C. Gulliford are with the Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King's College London, London, UK. Caroline Rudisill is with the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London.

Comment

Alison Fildes et al. Am J Public Health. 2015 Nov.

. 2015 Nov;105(11):e3-4.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302853. Epub 2015 Sep 17.

¹ Alison Fildes, Judith Charlton, Peter Littlejohns, Toby Prevost, and Martin C. Gulliford are with the Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King's College London, London, UK. Caroline Rudisill is with the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London.

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