Inequalities in women's and men's ill-health: Britain and Finland compared.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on October 01, 1993

Authors

S Arber1, E Lahelma

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, England.

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