Are recessions good for your health?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 617-650

  Ruhm, Christopher J ^a  

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EID: 0039012005     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355300554872     Document Type: Article

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