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Review
. 2001 Mar 10;322(7286):591-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.591.

Recent advances: International perspectives on health inequalities and policy

D A Leon  1 , G Walt, L Gilson
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Review

Recent advances: International perspectives on health inequalities and policy

D A Leon et al. BMJ. .
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Life expectancy at birth in 1999 by per capita total health expenditure in 1997 in 70 countries for which the world health report indicated that data on life expectancy and expenditure were reliable
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