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As low birth weight babies grow, can well-educated parents buffer this adverse factor? A research note

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  • Ming-Jen Lin
  • Jin-Tan Liu
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  • Ming-Jen Lin & Jin-Tan Liu & Shin-Yi Chou, 2007. "As low birth weight babies grow, can well-educated parents buffer this adverse factor? A research note," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 44(2), pages 335-343, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:demogr:v:44:y:2007:i:2:p:335-343
    DOI: 10.1353/dem.2007.0013
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