The effect of maternal drug use on birth weight: Measurement error in binary variables

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 617-629

  Kaestner, Robert ^a   Joyce, Theodore ^a   Wehbeh, Hassan ^a  

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EID: 0030505368     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1996.tb01400.x     Document Type: Article

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