Reducing social inequities in health through settings-related interventions - a conceptual framework

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 39-52

  Shareck, Martine ^a   Frohlich, Katherine L ^a   Poland, Blake ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Research; Social inequities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890182141     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975913486686     Document Type: Article

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