Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 8 , Pages 588-595 , August 2007

Social determinants of health inequalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • D.J. Pevalin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Human Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +441206873540; fax: +441206873765.
    • ,
  • K. Robson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, York University, Toronto, Canada

Received 10 August 2006 ,Revised 11 December 2006 ,Accepted 16 January 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00050-9

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.01.012

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Volume 121, Issue 8 , Pages 588-595 , August 2007

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