Authors' Response: Politics and public health-some conceptual considerations concerning welfare state characteristics and public health outcomes

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 632-634

  Lundberg, O ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; DENMARK; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 77952734349     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn351     Document Type: Letter

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