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Classical Article
. 2005;83(4):825-41.
doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00402.x.

"The high cost of dying": what do the data show? 1984

Anne A Scitovsky
Classical Article

"The high cost of dying": what do the data show? 1984

Anne A Scitovsky. Milbank Q. 2005.
No abstract available

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  • Milbank Mem Fund Q. 62:591.

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