Public views on determinants of health, interventions to improve health, and priorities for government

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 124-130

  Robert, Stephanie A ^a   Booske, Bridget C ^a,c   Rigby, Elizabeth ^b   Rohan, Angela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC OPINION; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 44849099010     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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