A comparison of measures of access to child health clinics and the implications for modelling the location of new clinics

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-195

  Hyndman, Jilda C G ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032810209     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01233.x     Document Type: Article

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