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Longitudinal analysis of income-related health inequalities: methods, challenges and applications

Martin SiegelDepartment of Health Care Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany;Berlin Centre of Health Economics Research (BerlinHECOR), Berlin, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Paul AllansonEconomic Studies, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
Pages 41-49 | Published online: 11 Dec 2015

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