Societal inequality, health and well-being

Well-Being: Individual, Community and Social Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 163-186

  Ballas, Dimitris ^a   Dorling, Danny ^a   Shaw, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230287624     Document Type: Chapter

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