The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on health Inequalities: What are the implications for public health practitioners and researchers?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-95

  Kirkpatrick, Sharon I ^a   McIntyre, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chief Public Health Officer; Health inequalities; Health inequities; Population health; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; POPULATION GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ALBERTA; CANADA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POPULATION GROUPS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64949155718     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405513     Document Type: Article

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