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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The fly-in, fly out debate: what happens to the communities?

Sharyn Burns
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Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia. Email: S.Burns@curtin.edu.au

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 24(2) 158-158 https://doi.org/10.1071/HE13056
Submitted: 6 July 2013  Accepted: 22 July 2013   Published: 26 August 2013


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