The rising significance of education for health?

Social Forces

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1621-1644

  Goesling, Brian ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 34447558620     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2007.0068     Document Type: Article

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