Chinese life expectancy and policy implications

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 7550-7555

  Xinming, Song ^a   Gong, Chen ^a   Xiaoying, Zheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77955243556     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.05.120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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