The unequal health of Europeans: Successes and failures of policies

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9872, 2013, Pages 1125-1134

  MacKenbach, Johan P ^a   Karanikolos, Marina ^b   McKee, Martin ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; TRAFFIC SAFETY; USSR;

EID: 84875728277     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62082-0     Document Type: Review

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