A dose of realism for healthy urban policy: Lessons from area-based initiatives in the UK

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 932-936

  Thomson, Hilary ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; INVESTMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; INVESTMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN RENEWAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54749156343     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.068775     Document Type: Article

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