The demand for health care services in rural Tanzania

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-260

  Sahn, David E ^a   Younger, Stephen D ^a   Genicot, Garance ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0037562798     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.t01-2-00046     Document Type: Review

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