A conceptual framework for public health: NICE's emerging approach

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kelly, M P ^a   Stewart, E ^a   Morgan, A ^a   Killoran, A ^a   Fischer, A ^a   Threlfall, A ^b   Bonnefoy, J ^c  

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

^b Unit 3   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cause; Individual and population causes of disease; Inequalities in health; Life course; Lifeworld; NICE; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ILLICIT DRUG; LEAD; RADON;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BRONCHITIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DROUGHT; DUST EXPOSURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MENTAL STRESS; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SEATBELT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CAUSALITY; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 58549093663     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.10.031     Document Type: Article

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