Are cost effective interventions enough to achieve the millennium development goals?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7525, 2005, Pages 1093-1094

  Wibulpolprasert, Suwit ^a   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^a   Kanchanachitra, Churnrurtai ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUNGER; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED NATIONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 27744463647     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1093     Document Type: Editorial

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