Socioeconomic disparities in health behaviour: An evolutionary perspective

Applied Evolutionary Anthropology: Darwinian Approaches to Contemporary World Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 225-243

  Pepper, Gillian V ^a   Nettle, Daniel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84903824348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0280-4_10     Document Type: Chapter

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