Tackling social inequality through the development of health policy in Lithuania

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 59_suppl, 2002, Pages 12-19

  Grabauskas, Vilius ^a   Kalediene, Ramune ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

health policy; inequalities; Lithuania.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036361935     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948020300030301     Document Type: Article

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