Health inequalities: The need to move beyond bad behaviours

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 715-716

  Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ^a,b   Higgins, Martin ^b   Elizabeth Smith, Katherine ^c   Williams, Gareth ^d  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INEQUALITIES; LIFESTYLE; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH BEHAVIOUR; INEQUALITIES; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885387376     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-202064     Document Type: Editorial

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