Can health equity survive epidemiology? Standards of proof and social determinants of health
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Can health equity survive epidemiology? Standards of proof and social determinants of health.
OBJECTIVE This article examines how epidemiological evidence is and should be used in the context of increasing concern for health equity and for social determinants of health. METHOD A research literature on use of scientific evidence of "environmental risks" is outlined, and key issues compared with those that arise with respect to social determinants of health. RESULTS The issue sets are...
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عنوان ژورنال: Preventive Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0091-7435
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.013