Decomposing health achievement and socioeconomic health inequalities in presence of multiple categorical information
โ Scribed by Makdissi, Paul; Sylla, Daouda; Yazbeck, Myra
- Book ID
- 122312970
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 204 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0264-9993
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