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Document the basic correlations between education and health

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“………Substantial attention has been paid to these “health inequalities.” Gradients in health by education are now being systematically monitored in many countries (the United States includes them as part of its Healthy People 2010 goals), and countries such as the United Kingdom have target goals of reducing health disparities –specifically by education or factors correlated with education.2 In this paper, we review what is known and not known about the relationship between education and health, in particular about the possible causal relationships between education and health and the mechanisms behind them. ….”

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