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The pervasiveness of the socioeconomic gradient of health

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The Health Inequalities Monitoring System (HIMS) for 2006 was supported by Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy).

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  1. International Institute for Society and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

    Roberto De Vogli & David Gimeno

  2. Department of Health, Autonomous Province of Trento, Trento, Italy

    Gianni Martini & Diego Conforti

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De Vogli, R., Gimeno, D., Martini, G. et al. The pervasiveness of the socioeconomic gradient of health. Eur J Epidemiol 22, 143–144 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-006-9097-7

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