Income inequality and self-rated health status: Evidence from the European community household panel

Demography

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 805-825

  Hildebrand, Vincent ^a   Van Kerm, Philippe ^b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPS/INSTEAD   (Luxembourg)

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EID: 74049090798     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0071     Document Type: Article

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