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Health and Inequality

Health and Inequality

Health and Inequality

Sarah Curtis

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Editorial:
Sage Publications
Año de edición:
2004
Materia
Geografía
ISBN:
9780761968238
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This textbook provides a comprehensive analysis of how geographical perspectives can be used to understand the problems of health inequalities. It relates theoretical arguments to specific landscapes and will be a key resource for understanding the articulation between theory and empirical methods for understanding health variation in urban areas.

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