Generating political priority to tackle health disparities: A case study in the Dutch city of the Hague

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Schmidt, Melanie ^a   Joosen, Isabel ^b   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Klazinga, Niek S ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service of the City of the Hague   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; INTERVIEW; NETHERLANDS; POLITICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NETHERLANDS; POLITICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 77950579014     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.168526     Document Type: Article

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