Pathways of influence on equity in health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1355-1362

  Starfield, Barbara ^a  

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

Author keywords

Equity; Health policy; Healthy research; Pathways; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847409697     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.027     Document Type: Note

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