Parental leave and child health across OECD countries

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 501, 2005, Pages

  Tanaka, Sakiko ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH;

EID: 15044350530     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0133.2005.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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