Cars, corporations, and commodities: Consequences for the social determinants of health

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Woodcock, James ^a   Aldred, Rachel ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMODIFICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH; MOTOR VEHICLE; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 42049090573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-4     Document Type: Review

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