Building an inter-disciplinary science of health inequalities: The example of lifecourse research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2005-2016

  Graham, Hilary ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Lifecourse; Policy; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; POLICY; POVERTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036972887     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00343-4     Document Type: Article

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