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Evidence-based public health policy and practice

• Income redistribution is not enough: income inequality, social welfare programs, and achieving equity in health (13 November, 2007)

  Barbara Starfield, Anne-Emanuelle Birn
• The association of neighbourhood psychosocial stressors and self-rated health in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (13 November, 2007)

  Charles Agyemang, Carolien van Hooijdonk, Wanda Wendel-Vos, Ellen Lindeman, Karien Stronks, Mariël Droomers
• The area-level association between hospital-treated deliberate self-harm, deprivation and social fragmentation in Ireland (13 November, 2007)

  Paul Corcoran, Ella Arensman, Ivan J Perry
• The relative impact of 13 chronic conditions across three different outcomes (13 November, 2007)

  Anthony V Perruccio, J Denise Power, Elizabeth M Badley
• End-of-life decision-making in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland: does place of death make a difference? (13 November, 2007)

  Joachim Cohen, Johan Bilsen, Susanne Fischer, Rurik Löfmark, Michael Norup, Agnes van der Heide, Guido Miccinesi, Luc Deliens, on behalf of the EURELD Consortium