Addressing the epidemiologic transition in the former Soviet Union: Strategies for health system and public health reform in Russia

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-320

  Tulchinsky, Theodore H ^a,b,c   Varavikova, Elena A ^d,e  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Ministry of Health of Israel   (Israel)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d SoyzMedInform Inst of Med Info   (Russian Federation)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INFANT MORTALITY; LONGEVITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; USSR;

EID: 0029867946     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.3.313     Document Type: Review

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