Mortality and morbidity in the 21st century

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn 2017, Issue Spring, 2017, Pages 397-476

  Case, Anne ^a   Deaton, Angus ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85020733996     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: 15334465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/eca.2017.0005     Document Type: Article

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