Paradox of health care in the world's greatest nation: commentary on the 2013 Annual American Public Health Association Conference in Boston

Peter Howat*; Jonine Jancey; Colin Binns*

doi:10.1071/HEv25n1_ED

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Paradox of health care in the world's greatest nation: commentary on the 2013 Annual American Public Health Association Conference in Boston

Peter Howat* ^A ^B ^C , Jonine Jancey ^B ^C ^D and Colin Binns* ^B ^C

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^A Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer Control, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.

^B WA Centre for Health Promotion Research, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.

^C School of Public Health, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.

^D Corresponding author. Email: j.jancey@curtin.edu.au

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 25(1) 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1071/HEv25n1_ED
Published: 16 April 2014

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