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. 2017 Jan;107(1):35-36.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303548.

Pokémon GO: Healthy or Harmful?

Victoria R Wagner-Greene  1 , Amy J Wotring  1 , Thomas Castor  1 , Jessica Kruger  1 , Sarah Mortemore  1 , Joseph A Dake  1
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Pokémon GO: Healthy or Harmful?

Victoria R Wagner-Greene et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Jan.
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