Social contexts and children's health outcomes: Researching across the boundaries

Critical Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-218

  Muhajarine, Nazeem ^a   Vu, Lan ^b   Labonte, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Institute of Population Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child health; GIS mapping; Health policy; Mixed methods; Neighborhoods; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

EID: 33750293377     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590600986432     Document Type: Article

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