Leopard or chameleon? The changing character of international health economics

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 963-977

  Mills, Anne ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

developing countries; health economics

Indexed keywords

DISCIPLINARY DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 0030851197     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-159.x     Document Type: Article

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