Equity and the social determinants of health in european cities

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages 92-104

  Ritsatakis, Anna ^a  

^a Anna Ritsatakis   (Greece)

Author keywords

Equity; Health equality; Healthy cities; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; EUROPE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CITIES; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84892786419     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9762-y     Document Type: Article

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