Poor thinking: New thoughts needed on the UK health/wealth divide

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 527, 2006, Pages 466-468

  Beale, Norman ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; TAX; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33745181666     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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