The Social Determinants of Health: It's Time to Consider the Causes of the Causes

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Summary

Evidence has accumulated pointing to socioeconomic factors such as income, wealth, and education as the fundamental causes of a wide range of health outcomes, and plausible pathways and biological mechanisms that may explain their effects are reviewed.

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review
Published
2014-01-01
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Keywords

Social determinants of health, Socioeconomic status, Recreation, Public health, Health care

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