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Equity, social determinants and public health programmes

Alok Mukhopadhyay
- 01 May 2011 - 
- Vol. 133, Iss: 5, pp 564
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This article is published in Indian Journal of Medical Research.The article was published on 2011-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 311 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social determinants of health & Health equity.

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