Social policy as health policy

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1166-1169

  Woolf, Steven H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NOTE; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ECONOMICS; HEALTH POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62649129285     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.320     Document Type: Note

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