Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 8 , Pages 724-731 , August 2006

Relationship between childhood socio-economic position and mortality risk in adult males of the Korea Labour and Income Panel Study (KLIPS)

Received 4 July 2005 ,Revised 3 January 2006 ,Accepted 15 February 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00096-5

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.02.008

Public Health
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