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. 2011 Nov;8(11):e1001115.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001115. Epub 2011 Nov 1.

Priorities for research on equity and health: towards an equity-focused health research agenda

Piroska Östlin  1 , Ted Schrecker, Ritu Sadana, Josiane Bonnefoy, Lucy Gilson, Clyde Hertzman, Michael P Kelly, Tord Kjellstrom, Ronald Labonté, Olle Lundberg, Carles Muntaner, Jennie Popay, Gita Sen, Ziba Vaghri
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Priorities for research on equity and health: towards an equity-focused health research agenda

Piroska Östlin et al. PLoS Med. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

Piroska Östlin and colleagues argue that a paradigm shift is needed to keep the focus on health equity within the social determinants of health research agenda.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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