Improvement of social environment to improve health

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9095, 1998, Pages 57-60

  Marmot, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; EVOLUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIETY; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032477568     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)08084-7     Document Type: Note

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