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Social policies and the pathways to inequalities in health

A comparative analysis of lone mothers in Britain and Sweden

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ID4801447
AuthorsMargaret Whitehead (0000-0001-5614-6576, King's Fund), Bo Burström (0000-0001-5770-9422, Karolinska Institutet), F Diderichsen (0000-0002-9998-4972, Karolinska Institutet)
Year2000
Volume50
Issue2
Pages255-270
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/s0277-9536(99)00280-4
PMID10619694
OpenAlexW2059545826
LanguageEN
Citations received81
References cited39

Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Disadvantage · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Health care · Inequality · Political science · Poverty · Public health · Social determinants of health · Social inequality · Social policy · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine

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