Communities Creating Healthy Environments: improving access to healthy foods and safe places to play in communities of color.

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Psychology Applied Research Center, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, University Hall Suite 4753, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA.

Published: December 2014

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