Is Sitting Really the New Smoking?

Am J Public Health

Alan M. Beck is with the Prevention Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. Amy Eyler is with the Brown School and the Prevention Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis.

Published: August 2019

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305183DOI Listing

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