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By Richard G. Wilkinson. 255 pp. New York, Routledge, 1996. $18.95. ISBN 0-415-09235-3.

Around 1980, the results of three studies with important implications for public health were published. The discovery that myocardial infarction was caused by a clot almost instantly led to a new clinical-services industry. The positive relation between maternal literacy and child survival in developing countries led to the current vogue in literacy programs for women in these regions. A third study found a strong negative relation between inequality of income and health among 64 countries. The responses to these disparate findings were as varied as the findings themselves. The finding of the first study led to costly therapy for infarctions, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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