Moving from description to action: Challenges in researching socio-economic inequalities in health;De la description à l'action: Les défis de la recherche sur les inégalités socio-économiques en matiè re de santé

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-89

  Tugwell, Peter ^a   Kristjansson, Betsy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2342648935     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405772     Document Type: Editorial

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