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What's Past is Prologue: The Impact of Early Life Health and Circumstance on Health in Old Age

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  • Anne Case, 2010. "What's Past is Prologue: The Impact of Early Life Health and Circumstance on Health in Old Age," NBER Chapters, in: Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, pages 211-228, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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