Biology, social class and inequalities in health: Their synthesis in 'health capital'

Debating Biology: Sociological Reflections on Health, Medicine and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 69-83

  Blaxter, Mildred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203987681     Document Type: Chapter

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