European economic crisis and health inequities: research challenges in an uncertain scenario

International Journal for Equity in Health

Miguel San Sebastian¹  Amaia Bacigalupe²  Antonio Escolar-Pujolar³ 

[1] Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Clinical Medicine and Public Health, Umeå university, Umeå, Sweden;Department of Sociology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain;Delegación Territorial de Igualdad, Salud y Políticas Sociales, Junta de Andalucía, Cádiz, Spain

关键词: Europe;    Economic crisis;    Health inequities;   

Others  :  1146524
DOI  :  10.1186/s12939-014-0059-5

 received in 2014-06-20, accepted in 2014-06-20,  发布年份 2014

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Escolar Pujolar et al.; licensee BioMed Central

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