Who and what is a "population"? Historical debates, current controversies, and implications for understanding "population health" and rectifying health inequities

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-681

  Krieger, Nancy ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; health inequities; history; population health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL THINKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENEALOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION HEALTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84870916464     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2012.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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