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- ↑ "About Us – Our History | Cooper University Health Care – World-Class Healthcare for South Jersey, Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley". www.cooperhealth.org. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Healthy Cooper-Grant neighborhood seen as bridge to rest of Camden". PhillyVoice. September 8, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Project H.O.P.E. – Camden Healthcare for the Homeless". projecthopecamden.org. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
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