The explanation of a paradox? A commentary on Mackenbach with perspectives from research on financial credits and risk factor trends

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 770-773

  Pega, Frank ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a   Carter, Kristie ^a   Sjöberg, Ola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Financial credits; Health inequalities; Risk factors; Socio economic status; Welfare states; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; TAX; TREND STUDY;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 84862628481     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.052     Document Type: Note

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