Applied health economics, second edition

Applied Health Economics, Second edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-396

  Jones, Andrew M ^a   Rice, Nigel ^a   Bago d'Uva, Teresa ^b   Balia, Silvia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

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EID: 84905127994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203102411     Document Type: Book

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