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Comment
. 2020 Oct 29:8:504530.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.504530. eCollection 2020.

Commentary: Special Report: The Biology of Inequalities in Health: The Lifepath Consortium

Virginia Ghiara  1
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Commentary: Special Report: The Biology of Inequalities in Health: The Lifepath Consortium

Virginia Ghiara. Front Public Health. .
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Keywords: causality; health inequalities; lifepath consortium; philosophy of science; social determinants of health.

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  • Special Report: The Biology of Inequalities in Health: The Lifepath Consortium.
    Vineis P, Avendano-Pabon M, Barros H, Bartley M, Carmeli C, Carra L, Chadeau-Hyam M, Costa G, Delpierre C, D'Errico A, Fraga S, Giles G, Goldberg M, Kelly-Irving M, Kivimaki M, Lepage B, Lang T, Layte R, MacGuire F, Mackenbach JP, Marmot M, McCrory C, Milne RL, Muennig P, Nusselder W, Petrovic D, Polidoro S, Ricceri F, Robinson O, Stringhini S, Zins M. Vineis P, et al. Front Public Health. 2020 May 12;8:118. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00118. eCollection 2020. Front Public Health. 2020. PMID: 32478023 Free PMC article.

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