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Editorial
. 2023 Jun 15:11:1212399.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1212399. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Urban health: the next frontier for health policy and systems research

Bruno Marchal  1 , Joris Michielsen  1 , Tolib Mirzoev  2 , Ligia Paina  3 , Sara Van Belle  1
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Editorial: Urban health: the next frontier for health policy and systems research

Bruno Marchal et al. Front Public Health. .
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Keywords: complex adaptive systems; governance; health; research priorities and challenges; urbanization.

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