Mortality and morbidity risks and economic behavior

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-143

  Stoler, Avraham ^a   Meltzer, David ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

health; human capital; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84872138014     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2797     Document Type: Article

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