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Editorial
. 2017 Dec;107(12):1876-1877.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304155.

What About the Trees? Trees as Nature-Based "Shade Sails"

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Editorial

What About the Trees? Trees as Nature-Based "Shade Sails"

Robert Zarr et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Dec.
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Transition to green. Courtesy of Park Rx America, National Environmental Education Foundation, National Park Service. Printed with permission.

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