Health of nomadic pastoralists: New approaches towards equity effectiveness: Editorial

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 565-568

  Zinsstag, J ^a,d   Ould Taleb, M ^b   Craig, P S ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Centre National d'Hygiene   (Mauritania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d STI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Access; Health; Health services; Nomadic pastoralists; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BRUCELLOSIS; CHINA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFESTYLE; LIVESTOCK; MONGOLIA; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POVERTY; SOCIAL NETWORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33646259263     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01615.x     Document Type: Editorial

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