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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

[My personal favorites are marked with a double asterisk. --P.M.]

By Peter Montague

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Charter on Transport, Environment and Health. Copenhagen, WHO
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**Collins, Chuck, and Felice Yeskel. Economic Apartheid in America; A
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**Collins, Chuck, Betsy Leondar-Wright and Holly Sklar. Shifting
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bibliography.

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Davey Smith, George, and others. "Socioeconomic Differentials in
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Davey Smith, George, and others. "Socioeconomic Differentials in
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Davies, A. Road transport and health. London: British Medical
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Diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases. Report of a
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Diez Roux, Ana V., and others. "Neighborhood of Residence and
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**"Editorial: The Big Idea," British Medical Journal Vol. 312 (April
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**Evans, Robert G., Theodore Marmor, and Morris Barer, editors. Why
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Ferrie, J., and others, editors. Labour market changes and job
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Globalization, diets and noncommunicable diseases. Geneva, World
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**Goode, Erica. "For Good Health, It Helps to be Rich and Important,"
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**Hofrichter, Richard. Health and Social Justice: Politics,
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