Public health in Canada: What are the real issues?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 190-192

  Frank, John ^a,b,c   Di Ruggiero, Erica ^a  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CANADA; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMALLPOX; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0038013735     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405064     Document Type: Article

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