What can we do to improve child health in Southern Italy?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 0849-0852

  Bonati, Maurizio ^a   Campi, Rita ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; ITALY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ITALY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 25644432019     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020250     Document Type: Review

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