Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Sep 2009
ReviewThe policies-inequality feedback and health: the case of globalisation.
Major research contributions aimed at explaining the association between economic inequality and health have concentrated on the plausibility of the material deprivation and psychosocial factors pathways. However, little work has analysed the reciprocal associations between public policies and inequality and their effect on health. ⋯ Public policies and economic inequality are inextricably interrelated and can affect health through multiple, indirect, reciprocal pathways.