International health: Five reasons why Canadians should get involved

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 258-259

  Rekart, Michael L ^a,b   Rekart, Josephine T ^a   Patrick, David M ^a,b   Brunham, Robert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYCLOSPORA; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; MYCOSIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKILL; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0042697589     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403546     Document Type: Article

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