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Active Design Strategies and the Evolution of the WELL Building Standard™

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https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2018-0584
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Volume 15: Issue 12
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Alfonsin and DiPietro are with the Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. McLeod and Loder are with International WELL Building Institute, New York, NY.

Alfonsin (alfonsinnicole@gmail.com) is corresponding author.
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