Explaining late life urban vs. rural health discrepancies in Beijing

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1885-1908

  Zimmer, Zachary ^a   Kaneda, Toshiko ^b   Tang, Zhe ^c   Fang, Xianghua ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Population Reference Bureau   (Australia)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77955614875     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2010.0000     Document Type: Article

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