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ERIC Number: EJ575151
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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Introduction to Special Issue on Education and Health.
Kiker, B. F.
Economics of Education Review, v17 n3 p233-35 Jun 1998
Introduces a special issue devoted to education-health linkages. The scope of coverage is quite broad. Papers treat education's connections with specific health-related behaviors, full-time employees' health insurance coverage, medical care/lifestyle choices, nurses' wage profiles, low birthweight children's capabilities, smoking decisions, chronic illness, medical education demand, and disability measures. (MLH)
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Cognitive Ability, Educational Attainment, Educational Benefits, Educational Demand, Educational Economics, Educational Supply, Elementary Secondary Education, Health, Health Education, Health Insurance, Higher Education, Medical Education, Nurses, Salary Wage Differentials, Smoking
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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