Priority setting and the 'neglected' tropical diseases

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 499-504

  Canning, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POVERTY; TROPICAL DISEASE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; POVERTY; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33645867042     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.02.001     Document Type: Editorial

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