Disease and development: Evidence from hookworm eradication in the American South

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-117

  Bleakley, Hoyt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33845362742     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.121.1.73     Document Type: Article

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