The policies-inequality feedback and health: The case of globalisation

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 688-691

  De Vogli, R ^a   Gimeno, D ^a,b   Mistry, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b San Antonio Campus   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC INEQUALITY; ECONOMICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 69749099182     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.081588     Document Type: Article

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