Commentary: Socioeconomic health differentials
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- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in International Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 30 (2) , 292-293
Abstract
The present issues of the IJE contain eight reports of socioeconomic differences in health. These articles illustrate a number of traditional themes and point to new directions. The papers come from a range of countries—Australia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, The Netherlands, Scotland and Sweden—thereby demonstrating once again1,2 the ubiquity of socioeconomic inequalities in health, at least in the rich countries of the world.Keywords
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