Income, health and health care utilization in the UK

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 605-617

  Mangalore, Roshni ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; INCOME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646365656     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500397192     Document Type: Article

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