The dynamics of health in the british household panel survey

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 473-503

  Contoyannis, Paul ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^b   Rice, Nigel ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10044295226     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.755     Document Type: Article

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