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Health inequalities under New Labour

BMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7506.1507-b (Published 23 June 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:1507

Authors' reply

  1. Mary Shaw (mary.shaw@bristol.ac.uk), reader in medical sociology,
  2. George Davey Smith, professor of clinical epidemiology,
  3. Danny Dorling, professor of human geography
  1. Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR
  2. Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR
  3. Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN

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