Children's daily travel to school in Johannesburg-Soweto, South Africa: geography and school choice in the Birth to Twenty cohort study
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Children's daily travel to school in Johannesburg-Soweto, South Africa: geography and school choice in the Birth to Twenty cohort study Julia de Kadt, Shane A. Norris, Brahm Fleisch, Linda Richter & Seraphim Alvanides a Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa b School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa c HIV/AIDS, STIs & TB Research Unit, South African Human Sciences Research Council, Durban, South Africa d School of the Built and Natural Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK Published online: 17 Jul 2013.
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