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. 1998 May 23;316(7144):1588-91.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7144.1588.

Children and the inverse care law

E Webb  1
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Children and the inverse care law

E Webb. BMJ. .
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Poverty and social exclusion combine to adversely affect the health and health care of at least half a million British children
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Missing out
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