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BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community. The journal is indexed by CABI, CAS, Embase, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Medscape, OAIster, PubMed, PubMed Central, Science Citation Index Expanded, SCImago, Scirus, Scopus and ZetocFor editorial enquiries please contact the Executive Editor Natalie.Pafitis@biomedcentral.com

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