Practice Is the Purpose of Public Health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1799-1801

  Stover, Gabriel N ^a   Bassett, Mary T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING CESSATION; TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642306161     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.11.1799     Document Type: Editorial

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