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A feasibility study on the association between residential greenness and neurocognitive function in middle-aged Bulgarians

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2019-70-3326 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254
Language: English, Croatian, Slovenian
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Submitted on: Jul 1, 2019
Accepted on: Aug 1, 2019
Published on: Sep 30, 2019
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