Editorial: Who, and what, causes health inequities? Reflections on emerging debates from an exploratory Latin American/North American workshop

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 747-749

  Krieger, Nancy ^a   Alegría, Margarita ^b   Almeida Filho, Naomar ^c   Da Silva, Jarbas Barbosa ^d   Barreto, Maurício L ^c   Beckfield, Jason ^e   Berkman, Lisa ^a,f   Birn, Anne Emanuelle ^g   Duncan, Bruce B ^h   Franco, Saul ⁱ   Garcia, Dolores Acevedo ^j   Gruskin, Sofia ^a   James, Sherman A ^k   Laurell, Asa Christina ^l   Schmidt, Maria Inês ^h   Walters, Karina L ^m  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^j NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Mexico Government   (Mexico)

^m William P and Ruth Gerberding University   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLITICS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WAR;

HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; POLITICS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WAR;

EID: 77957286770     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.106906     Document Type: Editorial

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