Social conditions as fundamental causes of health inequalities

Handbook of Medical Sociology, Sixth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-17

  Link, Bruce ^a,b   Phelan, Jo ^a  

^a School of Public Health   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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