More bad news for smokers? the effects of cigarette smoking on wages

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 493-509

  Levine, Phillip B ^a   Gustafson, Tara A ^b   Velenchik, Ann D ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0003930033     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399705000307     Document Type: Article

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