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Research Article

Health perception biases and risky health behaviours in China

Peng Niea School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China;b Institute for Health Care & Public Management, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany;c IZA, Bonn, Germany;d Health Econometrics and Data Group, University of York, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5322-6324View further author information
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Lu Wanga School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaView further author information
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Alfonso Sousa-Pozaa School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China;b Institute for Health Care & Public Management, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany;c IZA, Bonn, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 221-228 | Published online: 29 Sep 2021

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