Public views about health causation, attributions of responsibility, and inequality

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1116-1130

  Lundell, Helen ^a   Niederdeppe, Jeff ^b   Clarke, Christopher ^c  

^a The Hartman Group Inc   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; POLITICS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84882856484     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.768724     Document Type: Article

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