The privatization of environmental health services: A national survey of practices and perspectives in local health departments

Public Health Reports

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-68

  Keane, Christopher ^a,b   Marx, John ^a   Ricci, Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b 211 Parran Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CERTIFICATION; COST CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LICENSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD;

EID: 0036400247     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50109-7     Document Type: Article

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