Should we aim to reduce relative or absolute inequalities in mortality?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 185-

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84926647687     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku217     Document Type: Editorial

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