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Exploring the health case for Universal Basic Income: Evidence from GPs working with precarious groups

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Exploring the health case for Universal Basic Income: Evidence from GPs working with precarious groups. / Johnson, Matthew; Geyer, Robert; Degerman, Dan.
In: Basic Income Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, 20190008, 05.11.2019.

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Johnson, M, Geyer, R & Degerman, D 2019, 'Exploring the health case for Universal Basic Income: Evidence from GPs working with precarious groups', Basic Income Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 20190008. https://doi.org/10.1515/bis-2019-0008

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Johnson, M., Geyer, R., & Degerman, D. (2019). Exploring the health case for Universal Basic Income: Evidence from GPs working with precarious groups. Basic Income Studies, 14(2), Article 20190008. https://doi.org/10.1515/bis-2019-0008

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Johnson M, Geyer R, Degerman D. Exploring the health case for Universal Basic Income: Evidence from GPs working with precarious groups. Basic Income Studies. 2019 Nov 5;14(2):20190008. doi: 10.1515/bis-2019-0008

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Johnson, Matthew ; Geyer, Robert ; Degerman, Dan. / Exploring the health case for Universal Basic Income : Evidence from GPs working with precarious groups. In: Basic Income Studies. 2019 ; Vol. 14, No. 2.

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