US Department of Health and Human Services: A need for global health leadership in preparedness and health diplomacy

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-13

  Novotny, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOLISM; BIOETHICS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEADERSHIP; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALARIA; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; USSR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 29944445174     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.076885     Document Type: Editorial

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