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- 26
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- 307-310
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Sudhir Anand,
Kara Hanson
(1998).
DALYs: efficiency versus equity.
World Development
, 26
(2)
, 307-310.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0305-750x(97)10019-5
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- 10.1016/s0305-750x(97)10019-5