Old age, health and social inequality
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2012.26.23
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Keywords
Sweden; life course analysis; old age mortality; social differences in mortality; Sundsvall region; 19th century;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General
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