Health inequalities in the Netherlands: trends in quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) by educational level
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Health-adjusted life expectancy.
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عنوان ژورنال: The European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1101-1262,1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw043