Politics, policies and population health: A commentary on Mackenbach, Hu and Looman (2013)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-179

  Pega, Frank ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Rasanathan, Kumanan ^c   Lundberg, Olle ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NOTE; POLITICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL WELFARE; WELLBEING;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOCRACY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE;

EID: 84881027136     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.06.007     Document Type: Note

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