title:
U.S. health in international perspective : shorter lives, poorer health
contributor:
Woolf, Steven H.,; Aron, Laudan Y.,; National Academies (U.S.). Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries,; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,
date:
[2013]; ©2013
date:
Record modified: 2016-07-29
date:
Record created: 2016-07-29
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Issued: [2013]; ©2013
description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
description:
Extent: 1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrations
description:
Contents: Summary -- Introduction -- Documenting the U.S. Health disadvantage -- Shorter lives -- Poorer health throughout life -- Explaining the U.S. Health disadvantage -- Framing the question -- Public health and medical care systems -- Individual behaviors -- Social factors -- Physical and social environmental factors -- Policies and social values -- Future directions for understanding the U.S. Health disadvantage -- Research agenda -- Next steps.
subject:
Public health--United States
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Medical care--United States
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Health attitudes--United States
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Environmental health--United States
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Health--Social aspects--United States
relation:
U.S. health in international perspective : shorter lives, poorer health. Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2013]
relation:
OCLC No.: 880439821
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application/pdf
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Text
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PDF-1.6
source:
http://download.nap.edu/cart/download.cgi?record_id=13497
language:
eng
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13497
