Weapons of mass salvation: Canada's role in improving the health of the global poor

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-67

  Jha, Prabhat ^a,b   Stirling, Bridget ^b   Slutsky, Arthur S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MORALITY; NOTE; POLICY; POVERTY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1642451965     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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