An alternative perspective on health inequality

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3182-3196

  Ho, Benjamin ^a   Slavov, Sita N ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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