International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:1301-1302
© International Epidemiological Association 2001
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Commentary: Social inequalities in risk of stillbirththe price of success?
Department of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark. E-mail:a.nybo@socmed.ku.dk
The issue of socially determined health inequalities has been on the public health research agenda since the Black Report. An overwhelming amount of research has shown that socially patterned inequality in health exists for most diseases and causes of death, even within developed countries,1 and several studies indicate that the differentials seem to increase over time, despite political intentions of reducing health inequalities.2
This has led to a growing awareness of the need
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