Poverty status, health behaviours and health: implications for social assistance and health care policy

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-25

  Williamson, Deanna L ^a   Fast, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOUR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; POVERTY STATUS;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0031784332     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3551727     Document Type: Article

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