The Black Report and beyond what are the issues?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 723-745

  Macintyre, Sally ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Social inequalities; The Black Report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POLITICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030932518     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00183-9     Document Type: Article

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