Complex systems and individual-level approaches to population health: a false dichotomy?

The Lancet Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2017, Pages e396-e397

  Sniehotta, Falko F ^a,b   Araújo Soares, Vera ^a   Brown, Jamie ^c   Kelly, Michael P ^d   Michie, Susan ^c   West, Robert ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIMULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION HEALTH; PROCEDURES;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POPULATION HEALTH;

EID: 85028747847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24682667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30167-6     Document Type: Note

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