Mckeown and the idea that social conditions are fundamental causes of disease

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 730-732

  Link, Bruce G ^a   Phelan, Jo C ^a  

^a Epidemiology of Mental Disorders   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036239655     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.5.730     Document Type: Short Survey

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