Epi + demos + cracy: linking political systems and priorities to the magnitude of health inequities--evidence, gaps, and a research agenda.

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Published in Epidemiol Rev on May 27, 2009

Authors

Jason Beckfield1, Nancy Krieger

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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