Life expectancy and economic welfare: The example of Africa in the 1990s

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 455-468

  Anderson, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 27844495632     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2005.00163.x     Document Type: Review

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