Social determinants of health and the design of health programmes for the poor

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7664, 2008, Pages 266-269

  Taylor, Sebastian ^a   Marandi, Alireza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBODIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IRAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEXICO; NUTRITION; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49149101812     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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