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  1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 3333 University Way, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada

    Chris G. Buse, Maya Gislason & Tim Takaro

  2. School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

    Trevor Hancock

  3. Island Health, Victoria, Canada

    Sandra Allison

  4. School of Nursing, Trinity Western University, Langley, Canada

    Barbara Astle

  5. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Donald Cole

  6. Northern Health, Prince George, Canada

    Raina Fumerton & Rakel Kling

  7. Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Courtney Howard

  8. Interior Health, Kelowna, Canada

    Shobhit Maruti & Sue Pollock

  9. Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Lindsay McLaren

  10. Fraser Health, Surrey, Canada

    Emily Newhouse

  11. School of Health Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

    Margot W. Parkes

  12. School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    Daniel Rainham

  13. Canadian Community of Practice for Ecosystem Approaches to Health, Montréal, Canada

    Jena Webb

  14. Department of Family Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Robert Woollard

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Buse, C.G., Hancock, T., Allison, S. et al. Where are the ecological determinants of health?. Can J Public Health 114, 152–153 (2023). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-022-00720-x

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