Inequality measurement for ordered response health data
โ Scribed by Ramses H. Abul Naga; Tarik Yalcin
- Book ID
- 116649837
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 262 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6296
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