Financial crisis, austerity policies, and geographical inequalities in health Introduction

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2030-2045

  Pearce, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84884490267     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4663     Document Type: Note

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