Equity, social determinants, and children's rights: Coming to grips with the challenges

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 134-137

  Starfield, Barbara ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JUSTICE; POLITICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY;

EID: 20744455246     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2005)5[134:ESDACR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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