Parents' schooling and the correlation between education and frailty

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-358

  Leigh, J Paul ^a,b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0039984806     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(98)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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