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Measuring socioeconomic status and inequalities

In: Reducing social inequalities in cancer: evidence and priorities for research. Lyon (FR): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2019. Chapter 4.
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Measuring socioeconomic status and inequalities

David I. Conway et al.
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