Welfare state regimes and health inequalities

Social Inequalities in Health: New Evidence and Policy Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dahl, Espen ^a   Fritzell, Johan ^b   Lahelma, Eero ^c   Martikainen, Pekka ^c   Kunst, Anton ^d   Mackenbach, Johan P ^d  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health inequality; Mortality; Nordic countries; Population health; Welfare states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198568162.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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