Explaining health inequalities: Beyond Black and Barker: A discussion of some issues emerging in the decade following the black report

European Sociological Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 219-241

  Vågerö, Denny ^a   Illsley, Raymond ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001434555     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a036361     Document Type: Article

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