The making of public health data: Paradigms, politics, and policy

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 412-427

  Krieger, Nancy ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NOTE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RACIAL STOCKS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027096646     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3342531     Document Type: Article

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