Health and health inequalities in a neo-liberal global world

The Economics of Health Equity

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 13-35

  Coburn, David ^a   Coburn, Elaine S ^a  

^a NONE   (France)

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EID: 84876147738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544460.003     Document Type: Chapter

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