Community development and its impact on health: South Asian experience

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7443, 2004, Pages 830-833

  Moazzem Hossain, S M ^a   Bhuiya, Abbas ^b   Khan, Alia Rahman ^c   Uhaa, Iyorlumun ^d  

^a Unicef   (Pakistan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EVOLUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ASIA, WESTERN; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 1842610834     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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