Efficacy and justice: The importance of medical research and tertiary care to social disparities in infant mortality

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 19, Issue , 1999, Pages S24-S27

  Wise, Paul H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033182008     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200255     Document Type: Article

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