Austerity comes to Latin America: Lessons from the recent European experience on studying its effects on health

https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2018.1990

Published 16 December 2018 Open Access


Maurício L. Barreto MD, PhD in Epidemiology, Senior Investigator, Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health, Fiocruz. Professor of Epidemiology, Institute of Collective Health, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. image/svg+xml



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Economic recession, Impacts on health, Work, Education, Spain

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