EDITORIAL: Too much Sitting: A Potential Health Hazard and a Global Call to Action
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Sandeep Kumar Vashist. (2015). EDITORIAL: Too much Sitting: A Potential Health Hazard and a Global Call to Action. Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences, 11, 131–135. https://doi.org/10.6000/1927-5129.2015.11.18

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