The development of a strategy for tackling health inequalities in the Netherlands

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Stronks, Karien ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NETHERLANDS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 9144223904     PISSN: 14759276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-3-11     Document Type: Article

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