Self-rated health and public health: A critical perspective

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Bombak, Andrea E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 84927647198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2013.00015     Document Type: Article

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