Health care and the urban economy: The medical complex of Rotterdam as a growth pole?

Regional Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 741-747

  Van Den Berg, Leo ^a   Van Klink, H Arjen ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPLICATION; GROWTH POLE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; MEDICAL COMPLEX; URBAN ECONOMY;

NETHERLANDS, ROTTERDAM;

EID: 0030438590     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409612331350028     Document Type: Review

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