The invisibility of public health: Population-level measures in a politics of market individualism

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1607-1610

  Burris, Scott ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIETY;

EID: 0030668263     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.10.1607     Document Type: Review

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