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. 2006 May;3(6):e106.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030106.

The commission on social determinants of health: tackling the social roots of health inequities

Alec Irwin  1 , Nicole Valentine, Chris Brown, Rene Loewenson, Orielle Solar, Hilary Brown, Theadora Koller, Jeanette Vega
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The commission on social determinants of health: tackling the social roots of health inequities

Alec Irwin et al. PLoS Med. 2006 May.

Abstract

The goal of the commission, launched in March 2005, is to strengthen health equity by catalysing policy and institutional change to address the social determinants of health.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors are members of the Secretariat of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health.

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The social conditions in which children grow up shape their chances to be healthy
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