Citation: Elspeth Molony, Christine Duncan. Income, Wealth and Health Inequalities — A Scottish Social Justice Perspective[J]. AIMS Public Health, 2016, 3(2): 255-264. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2016.2.255
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