Acting on the social determinants of health: Health promotion needs to get more political

Health Promotion International

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-202

  Sparks, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LAW; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WELLBEING;

HEALTH PROMOTION; POLITICS; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

EID: 68849129301     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dap027     Document Type: Editorial

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