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Volume 80, Number 2 | Mar. - Apr., 1972
Journal of Political Economy

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On the Concept of Health Capital and the Demand for Health
Michael Grossman
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/259880

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Michael Grossman , "On the Concept of Health Capital and the Demand for Health," Journal of Political Economy 80, no. 2 (Mar. - Apr., 1972): 223-255.

DOI: 10.1086/259880
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