Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 5 , Pages 385-392 , May 2007

Inequalities in mortality by marital status during socio-economic transition in Lithuania

Received 15 March 2006 ,Revised 11 September 2006 ,Accepted 28 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.09.026

Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 5 , Pages 385-392 , May 2007

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