Going upstream: Social inequality and children's health

Critical Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-232

  Soobader, Mah Jabeen ^a   Leclere, Felicia B ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 28244496553     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713658249     Document Type: Article

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