Social Determinants, Social Support and Health: A Critique

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-152

  Young, Frank W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

causality; social determinants program; social support; structural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247671824     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700025     Document Type: Article

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