The good life: Working together to promote opportunity and improve population health and well-being

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 1706-1708

  Woolf, Steven H ^a   Purnell, Jason Q ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAX; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; FEMALE; MALE; TRENDS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE;

EID: 84964963829     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.4263     Document Type: Review

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