A labour of Sisyphus? Public policy and health inequalities research from the Black and Acheson reports to the Marmot Review

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 399-406

  Bambra, C ^a   Smith, K E ^b   Garthwaite, K ^a   Joyce, K E ^a   Hunter, D J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK;

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POLITICS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

MARMOTA; SISYPHUS;

EID: 79955523548     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.111195     Document Type: Article

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