Welfare for all-or only for the needy?

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9650, 2008, Pages 1609-1610

  Westin, Steinar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATISTICS; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 55149125166     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61666-9     Document Type: Note

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