Health Inequalities and the Welfare State in European Families

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-130

  Sarti, Simone ^a   Alberio, Marco ^b,c   Terraneo, Marco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Universite Sainte Anne   (Canada)

^c SSHRC Teluq   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Family; Hierarchical models; Inequalities in health; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880283233     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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