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A note on validating Wagstaff and van Doorslaer's health measure in the analysis of inequalities in health

✍ Scribed by U.-G. Gerdtham; M. Johannesson; L. Lundberg; D. Isacson

Book ID
117359572
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
80 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0167-6296

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