Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 5 , Pages 487-496 , May 2008

Ecological analysis of the health effects of income inequality in Argentina

Received 6 March 2007 ,Revised 21 June 2007 ,Accepted 5 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.09.006

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 5 , Pages 487-496 , May 2008

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