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Reducing Inequalities in Health: A European Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 274-283

  Burström, Bo ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Östlin, Piroska ^a   Östergren, Per Olof ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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