Economic growth and health: Direct impact or reverse causation?

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 761-764

  Rivera, Berta ^a   Currais, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

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EID: 0039171401     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048599352367     Document Type: Article

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