New directions for health: Towards a knowledge base for public health action

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 745-750

  Dean, Kathryn ^a   Hunter, David ^b  

^a Population Health Studies   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0030024431     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00394-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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