Circumstances leading to the formulation and implementation of a new TB control program in Israel: A case study in public health and policy

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-37

  Weiler Ravell, Daniel ^a   Leventhal, Alex ^a   Berlowitz, Yitzhak ^a   Rishpon, Shmuel ^a   Chemtob, Daniel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

DOTS; Health policy; Israel; Tuberculosis epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CENTRALIZATION; ETHIOPIA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; USSR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1842423679     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3190002     Document Type: Article

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