Health in cities: Is a systems approach needed?;Saúde nas cidades: Precisamos de uma abordagem sistêmica?;Salud en las ciudades: ¿Es necesario un enfoque sistémico?

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages S9-S13

  Diez Roux, Ana V ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cities; Health inequalities; Social determinants of health; Urban health

Indexed keywords

CITY; MODEL; THINKING; BRAZIL; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; POLICY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; CITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84949234961     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0102-311XDE01S115     Document Type: Article

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