Location of preventive health care facilities

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 123-132

  Verter, Vedat ^a   Lapierre, Sophie D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Facility location; Health care; Preventive services

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036033313     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020767501233     Document Type: Article

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