Eighty Years of the Slovenian Institute of Public Health: Challenges for the Future

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 511-519

  Klavs, Irena ^a   Albreht, Tit ^a   Berger, Tatjana ^a   Drev, Andreja ^a   Kraigher, Alenka ^a   Berger, Daša Moravec ^a   Otorepec, Peter ^a   Rogač, Mitja ^a   Seljak, Marija ^a   Stergar, Eva ^a   Švab, Igor ^a   Marušič, Andrej ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Europe; Public health; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SLOVENIA;

FORECASTING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH SUPPORT; SLOVENIA; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 0242443933     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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