Responding to the economic crisis: A primer for public health professionals

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-306

  Stuckler, David ^a,b   Basu, Sanjay ^c   McKee, Martin ^d   Suhrcke, Marc ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f Centre for Diet and Activity Research CEDAR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economics; finance and industry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

BUDGETS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; GREAT BRITAIN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77956037688     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq060     Document Type: Article

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