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Articles

‘Live Beautiful, Live Well’ (‘Vivir Bonito, Vivir Bien’) in Nicaragua: Environmental health citizenship in a post-neoliberal context

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Pages 923-938 | Received 28 May 2017, Accepted 18 Jul 2018, Published online: 06 Aug 2018

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