Developing healthy local communities at local government level: Lessons from the past decade

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-412

  Harris, Elizabeth ^a,c   Wills, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Municipal Association of Victoria   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MONITORING; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0030775494     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01722.x     Document Type: Article

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