Inequity in child health: What are the sustainable Pacific solutions?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 612-614

  Duke, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DRUG COST; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEASLES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENINGITIS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SNAKEBITE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 11044229409     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06487.x     Document Type: Article

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