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Original Articles

Health expenditure and socio-economic determinants of life expectancy in the OECD Asia/Pacific area countries

Carla Blazquez-FernándezDepartment of Economics, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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David Cantarero-PrietoDepartment of Economics, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marta Pascual-SaezDepartment of Economics, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Pages 167-169 | Published online: 28 May 2016

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