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Vending machines in schools: to ban or not to ban?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Anna Maria Bedford
Affiliation:
Letters Editor Cambridge, UK. Email: annamaria@philipbedford.wanadoo.co.uk
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Letters to the Editor
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Copyright © The Author 2006

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