Modelling the community as a determinant of health

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 402-405

  Birch, Stephen ^a,b   Stoddart, Greg ^a,c   Béland, François ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McMaster Inst Environ and Hlth   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0032466612     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404083     Document Type: Article

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