Was Thomas McKeown right for the wrong reasons?

Critical Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-243

  Ostry, Aleck S ^a   Frank, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Health inequalities; Healthy public policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954140501     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590903147435     Document Type: Article

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