The gradient in sub-saharan Africa: Socioeconomic status and HIV/AIDS

Demography

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-322

  Fortson, Jane G ^a  

^a Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory   (United States)

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EID: 51449113610     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0006     Document Type: Article

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