Confronting the sorry state of U.S. Health

Science

Volumn 341, Issue 6149, 2013, Pages 962-963

  Bayer, Ronald ^a   Fairchild, Amy L ^a   Hopper, Kim ^a   Nathanson, Constance A ^a  

^a Department of Sociomedical Sciences Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLITICAL POWER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LONGEVITY; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; LONGEVITY; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883080827     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1241249     Document Type: Review

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