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Original Scholarship - Empirical

Contribution of the built environment to inequity in loneliness by neighbourhood disadvantage in Australia

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Pages 1067-1080 | Received 23 Feb 2022, Accepted 12 Oct 2022, Published online: 19 Dec 2022

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