Parkinson's disease from WHO perspective and a public health point of view

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-6

  Janca, Aleksandar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; Public health; World Health Organisation

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036824447     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(02)00038-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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