Low birth weight and parental resources in Italy

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Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-121

  Meggiolaro, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 77955044888     PISSN: 00166987     EISSN: 20355556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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