The limitations of targeting to address inequalities in health: A case study of road traffic injury prevention from the UK

Critical Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-187

  Green, Judith ^a   Edwards, Phil ^a  

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

Author keywords

Inequalities; Injury; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 46049099158     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590701697300     Document Type: Article

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