A comment on the Russian health crisis

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 552-556

  Field, Mark G ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 30944457818     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.46.7.552     Document Type: Note

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