Education and health among U.S. working-age adults: a detailed portrait across the full educational attainment spectrum.

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Published in Biodemography Soc Biol on January 01, 2012

Authors

Anna Zajacova1, Robert A Hummer, Richard G Rogers

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sociology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA. zajacova@uwyo.edu

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