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The European Journal of Public Health 2007 17(4):327; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckm057
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

Editorials

The future of public health in the European Union

Ilmo Keskimäki

President, Society for Social Medicine Finland
President Elect European Public Health Association

Correspondence: Ilmo Keskimäki, MD, PhD. Director of Division, Health Services Research, STAKES National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health P.O. Box 220, 00531 Helsinki, Finland, tel: +358 9 3967 2256; fax: +358 9 3967 2278; e-mail: ilmo.keskimaki@stakes.fi

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The role of the European Union (EU) in influencing health policy in its member states has a long history. In 1951, the treaty on the European Coal and Steel Community comprised articles on occupational safety and health. Since then the scope of the health policy activities of the community and its followers has broadened considerably. In principle, the EU has a strong legal basis to take health into account in its activities. The Union's Amsterdam Treaty from . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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