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Social Structure and Health: Methodological and Substantial Problems without Solutions

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Health, Medicine, Society

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About 125 years ago on February 20, 1848, one of the most important and most admirable studies in the history of social epidemiology was begun. Although much work has been done in the field of the relationships between social factors and health the study we are talking about here remains unique in its hypothesis, its realization and its conclusions.

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  1. Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany

    Manfred Pflanz

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  1. Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

    Magdalena Sokołowska  & Antonina Ostrowska  & 

  2. University of Warsaw, Poland

    Jacek Hołówka

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Pflanz, M. (1976). Social Structure and Health: Methodological and Substantial Problems without Solutions. In: Sokołowska, M., Hołówka, J., Ostrowska, A. (eds) Health, Medicine, Society. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1430-4_16

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