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The Relationship Between Mental and Physical Health and Walking During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Levi N. Bonnell, Jessica Clifton, Mariana Wingood, Nancy Gell and Benjamin Littenberg
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine October 2022, 35 (5) 897-901; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.05.220090
Levi N. Bonnell
From University of Vermont College of Medicine (LNB, JC and BL); University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences (MW and NG).
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Jessica Clifton
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Mariana Wingood
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Nancy Gell
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Oct 2022, 35 (5) 897-901; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.05.220090

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