Working for the public health: Politics, localism and epistemologies of practice

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 491-505

  Phillips, Gemma ^a   Green, Judith ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol policy; Evidence; Local government; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALCOHOLISM; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84931560703     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12214     Document Type: Article

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