Time, Money, and Social Science: The British Birth Cohort Surveys of 1946 and 1958

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Time, Money, and Social Science: The British Birth Cohort Surveys of 1946 and 1958. / Welshman, John.
In: Social History of Medicine, Vol. 25, No. 1, 02.2012, p. 175-192.

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Welshman, J 2012, 'Time, Money, and Social Science: The British Birth Cohort Surveys of 1946 and 1958', Social History of Medicine, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 175-192. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkr052

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Welshman, J. (2012). Time, Money, and Social Science: The British Birth Cohort Surveys of 1946 and 1958. Social History of Medicine, 25(1), 175-192. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkr052

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Welshman J. Time, Money, and Social Science: The British Birth Cohort Surveys of 1946 and 1958. Social History of Medicine. 2012 Feb;25(1):175-192. doi: 10.1093/shm/hkr052

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Welshman, John. / Time, Money, and Social Science: The British Birth Cohort Surveys of 1946 and 1958. In: Social History of Medicine. 2012 ; Vol. 25, No. 1. pp. 175-192.

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