Unbundling Education: A Critical Discussion of What Education Confers and How It Lowers Risk for Disease and Death
IRENE H. YEN,
NANCY MOSS,
Corresponding Author
IRENE H. YEN
Behavioral Risk Factors Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Current address: Irene H. Yen, Ph.D., M.P.H., Institute for Health and Aging, 3333 California St., Suite 270, San Francisco, California 94143, USA. 415-502-4587 (voice); 415-476-9030 (fax).
address for correspondence: Irene H. Yen, Ph.D., M.P.H., Institute for Health and Aging, 3333 California St., Suite 270, San Francisco, California 94143, USA. 415-502-4587 (voice); 415-476-9030 (fax). e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorNANCY MOSS
Pacific Institute for Women's Health, Los Angeles, California 90064, USA
Search for more papers by this authorIRENE H. YEN,
NANCY MOSS,
Corresponding Author
IRENE H. YEN
Behavioral Risk Factors Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Current address: Irene H. Yen, Ph.D., M.P.H., Institute for Health and Aging, 3333 California St., Suite 270, San Francisco, California 94143, USA. 415-502-4587 (voice); 415-476-9030 (fax).
address for correspondence: Irene H. Yen, Ph.D., M.P.H., Institute for Health and Aging, 3333 California St., Suite 270, San Francisco, California 94143, USA. 415-502-4587 (voice); 415-476-9030 (fax). e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorNANCY MOSS
Pacific Institute for Women's Health, Los Angeles, California 90064, USA
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