Addressing social determinants of health inequities: what can the state and civil society do?

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9650, 2008, Pages 1684-1689

  Blas, Erik ^a   Gilson, Lucy ^c   Kelly, Michael P ^d   Labonté, Ronald ^e   Lapitan, Jostacio ^b   Muntaner, Carles ^f   Östlin, Piroska ^g   Popay, Jennie ^h   Sadana, Ritu ^a   Sen, Gita ⁱ   Schrecker, Ted ^e   Vaghri, Ziba ^j  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b WHO Centre for Health Development   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 55349083344     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61693-1     Document Type: Note

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