Commentary: Social inequalities in health, social epidemiology and social value

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 294-296

  Birch, Stephen ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; NUTRITION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POLICY; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RACE; RANDOMIZATION; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035011860     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.2.294     Document Type: Note

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