Educational inequalities in self-reported health in a general Iranian population

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Montazeri, Ali ^a   Goshtasebi, Azita ^a   Vahdaninia, Mariam ^a  

^a Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research   (Iran)

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EID: 77955789860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-1-50     Document Type: Article

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