Progress in health care, progress in health? Patterns of amenable mortality in central and eastern Europe before and after political transition

Demographic Research

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 139-162

  Nolte, Ellen ^a   Scholz, Rembrandt ^b   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 4344579149     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2004.s2.6     Document Type: Article

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