Understanding the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and health

The Elgar Companion to Health Economics: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 5-14

  Ruhm, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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