Political economy and population health: Is Australia exceptional?

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Boxall, Anne Marie ^a   Short, Stephanie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRISTIAN; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

EID: 33746444310     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-3-6     Document Type: Article

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