Doctors need to take the lead on poverty's effects on health

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Taylor Robinson, David ^a   Harrison, Dominic ^b   Whitehead, Margaret ^a   Barr, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CHILD ADVOCACY; COST OF LIVING; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDITORIAL; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUNGER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890938152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f7540     Document Type: Editorial

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