The health of Canada's children. part II: Health mechanisms and pathways

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-76

  Raphael, Dennis ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Public health; Public policy; Social paediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; POLITICS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77950900003     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/15.2.71     Document Type: Article

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