Health Inequalities in Global Context

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1014-1039

  Beckfield, Jason ^a   Olafsdottir, Sigrun ^b   Bakhtiari, Elyas ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

global; health; inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880152783     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213487343     Document Type: Article

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