Ethics of the social determinants of health

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9439, 2004, Pages 1092-1097

  Ruger, Jennifer Prah ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 4544261656     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17067-0     Document Type: Article

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