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social hierarchy and health  

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  • Social organization and population health are inextricably linked. Societies organize their affairs in different ways, and these differences, by means of various pathways, have an effect on the production of health and disease among individuals, as well as between and within communities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Social Hierarchy and Health]

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