Democracy and health

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-304

  Ruger, Jennifer P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

EID: 17044373623     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci042     Document Type: Article

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