Health inequalities and welfare state regimes: Theoretical insights on a public health 'puzzle'

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 740-745

  Bambra, Clare ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 80052631226     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.136333     Document Type: Article

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