Rising up with shoe leather? A comment on Fair Society, Healthy Lives (The Marmot Review)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1227-1230

  Chandra, Amitabh ^a   Vogl, Tom S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Fair society, healthy lives (The marmot review); Health inequalities; Social determinants of health; Social policy

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; JOB STRESS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; SOCIETY; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

MARMOTA;

EID: 77956311353     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.006     Document Type: Note

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