Anticipating impacts on health based on changes in income inequality caused by life cycles

Ibrahima Bocoum1,2, Catherine Macombe2, Jean‐Pierre Revéret1
1ESG UQÀM, CIRAIG Montréal, Chaire Internationale sur le Cycle de Vie, Montréal, Canada
2IRSTEA Montpellier, UMR ITAP—ELSA, Montpellier CEDEX 5, France

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