Grenfell Tower fire: Why we cannot ignore the political determinants of health

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 357, Issue , 2017, Pages

  McKee, Martin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HUMAN; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENGLAND; FIRE; MASS DISASTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FIRES; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS;

EID: 85021120478     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j2966     Document Type: Editorial

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