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. 2007 Sep 15;335(7619):538-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39282.431100.AD.

Improving health through wealth

Lynn Eaton  1
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Improving health through wealth

Lynn Eaton. BMJ. .

Abstract

This week, the WHO's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health has set out its vision for tackling health inequity. Lynn Eaton looks at one project that has put social determinants at the top of the agenda and how the commission is working

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Competing interests: None declared.

References

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    1. Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. Interim report Interim statement of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Achieving health equity: from root causes to fair outcomes. 2007. www.who.int/social_determinants/en/