Recommendations for action on the social determinants of health: a Canadian perspective

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9650, 2008, Pages 1690-1693

  Johnson, Shanthi ^a   Abonyi, Sylvia ^b   Jeffery, Bonnie ^a   Hackett, Paul ^b   Hampton, Mary ^a   McIntosh, Tom ^a   Martz, Diane ^b   Muhajarine, Nazeem ^b   Petrucka, Pammla ^b   Sari, Nazmi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 55249095811     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61694-3     Document Type: Note

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