Why We Need to Rethink the Diseases of Affluence

Thomas E Novotny

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020104

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Why We Need to Rethink the Diseases of Affluence

Thomas E Novotny

Why We Need to Rethink the Diseases of Affluence

Thomas E Novotny

Published: May 3, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020104

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Thomas E Novotny

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TEN is on the editorial board of PLoS Medicine.

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