A comparative study of population health in the United States and Canada during the Neoliberal Era, 1980-2008

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-216

  Siddiqi, Arjumand ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Keating, Daniel P ^b   Hertzman, Clyde ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH IMPACT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NEOLIBERALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POLITICS; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POLITICS; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877737963     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.43.2.b     Document Type: Article

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