Taking welfare state regime research globally: An application of the wood and gough typology to individual health

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-366

  Witvliet, Margot I ^a   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a,b,c   Stronks, Karien ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

disability; global public health; multilevel models; welfare regimes; World Health Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055068046     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2011.19     Document Type: Article

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