Research to action to address inequities: The experience of the Cape Town Equity Gauge

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Scott, Vera ^a   Stern, Ruth ^a   Sanders, David ^a   Reagon, Gavin ^a   Mathews, Verona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 43349083499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-7-6     Document Type: Article

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