Syndemics and the biosocial conception of health

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10072, 2017, Pages 941-950

  Singer, Merrill ^a   Bulled, Nicola ^b   Ostrach, Bayla ^c   Mendenhall, Emily ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYNDEMICS; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COINFECTION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYNDROME; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85014423360     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30003-X     Document Type: Review

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