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Health and Deprivation: Inequality and the North
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The authors present nuevas evidencias de las desigualdades en salud encontradas entre poblaciones o comunidades in diferentes areas del norte de Inglaterra and relata las tendencias a largo plazo that tienen lugar in los patrones de salud de InGLaterra.Abstract:
* El libro se ha traducido por el Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiologia y Microbiologia, y sus 10 capitulos se publicaran proximamente en esta Revista. Publicado por la Editorial Routledge, Londres y Nueva York, 1989, 211 paginas. En ingles. El libro presenta nuevas evidencias de las desigualdades en salud encontradas entre poblaciones o comunidades en diferentes areas del norte de Inglaterra y relata las tendencias a largo plazo que tienen lugar en los patrones de salud de Inglaterra, explora hasta donde las desigualdades en los niveles de salud pueden ser explicadas por la carencia material.read more
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