Health inequalities: What's going on in youth?

Health Education

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 14-20

  West, Patrick ^a   Sweeting, Helen ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986099488     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654289610125516     Document Type: Article

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