Why Do College Graduates Behave More Healthfully Than Those Who Are Less Educated?

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of Health and Social Behavior

• Publication date

  2017-06-28

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Education

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  DOI 10.1177/0022146517715671PMID 28845056PMCID PMC5570614
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