Income Variation and Health Expenditure: Evidence for OECD Countries
β Scribed by Berta Rivera; Luis Currais
- Book ID
- 108533695
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1363-6669
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