Inequality, poverty, and material deprivation in new and old members of the European Union

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 636-652

  Matković, Teo ^a   Šućur, Zoran ^a   Zrinščak, Siniša ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CROATIA; DATA BASE; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35649010382     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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