Commentary: The health crisis in the USSR: Looking behind the facade

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1398-1399

  McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOLISM; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATISTICS; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TOXIC WASTE; USSR;

ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; RUSSIA; USSR;

EID: 33846563995     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl237     Document Type: Note

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