The east-west health divide in Europe: Growing and shifting eastwards

European Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-34

  Vågerö, Denny ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; POST-COMMUNISM; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 77951576503     PISSN: 10627987     EISSN: 14740575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S106279870999010X     Document Type: Article

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