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Volume 21, Number 9—September 2015
THEME ISSUE
Emerging Infections Program
Emerging Infections Program

Emerging Infections Program Efforts to Address Health Equity

James L. HadlerComments to Author , Duc Vugia, Nancy M. Bennett, and Matthew R. Moore
Author affiliations: Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (J.L. Hadler); California Emerging Infections Program, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA (D.J. Vugia); New York Emerging Infections Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA (N.M. Bennett); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.R. Moore)

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Figure 2

Framework for considering social disparities of health determined by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization (3).

Figure 2. Framework for considering social disparities of health determined by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization (3).

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