Increasing international gaps in health-related publications

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5724, 2005, Pages 959-960

  Paraje, Guillermo ^a   Sadana, Ritu ^a   Karam, Ghassan ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; PUBLISHING;

ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHINA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOCUMENTATION; ECOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KOREA; POLICY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHINA; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; KOREA; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18744376037     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1108705     Document Type: Short Survey

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