Politics or policies vs politics and policies: A comment on Lundberg

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1396-1397

  Muntaner, Carles ^a,b   Borrell, Carme ^c   Espelt, Albert ^c   Rodríguez Sanz, Maica ^c,d   Pasarín, M Isabel ^c   Benach, J ^e   Navarro, Vicente ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 78149256066     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp220     Document Type: Letter

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