A healthy economy can break your heart

Demography

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 829-848

  Ruhm, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 38849170402     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03208384     Document Type: Article

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