Socio-economic inequalities in health in western Europe: From description to explanation to intervention

Social Inequalities in Health: New Evidence and Policy Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evidence based strategies; Health inequality; Health policy; Population health; Social policy; Socio economic inequality; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198568162.003.00010     Document Type: Chapter

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