Introduction

Life Course Research and Social Policies

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-18

  Burton Jeangros, Claudine ^a   Cullati, Stéphane ^a   Sacker, Amanda ^b   Blane, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulative Advantage; Cystic Fibrosis; Health Inequality; Health Trajectory; Oral Health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103735893     PISSN: 22117776     EISSN: 22117784     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20484-0_1     Document Type: Chapter

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