The application of urban health equity assessment and response tool (Urban HEART) in Tehran; concepts and framework

Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-185

  Asadi Lari, Mohsen ^a   Vaez Mahdavi, Mohammad R ^b   Faghihzadeh, Soghrat ^c   Montazeri, Ali ^d   Farshad, Ali A ^a   Kalantari, Nasser ^e   Maher, Ali ^f   Golmakani, Mohammad M ^f   Salehi, Gholam H ^g   Motevallian, S Abbas ^a   Malek Afzali, Hossein ^h  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f Shahid Beheshti University of MS Tehran ^*  (Iran)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^h TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health inequality; Social determinants of health; Urban HEART

Indexed keywords

EID: 85086591120     PISSN: 10161430     EISSN: 22516840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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