The Nonlinear Relationship between Education and Mortality: An Examination of Cohort, Race/Ethnic, and Gender Differences.

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Published in Popul Res Policy Rev on December 01, 2013

Authors

Bethany G Everett1, David H Rehkopf, Richard G Rogers

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1: University of Illinois-Chicago.

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