Methods for health surveys in difficult settings: Charting progress, moving forward

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bostoen, Kristof ^a   Bilukha, Oleg O ^b   Fenn, Bridget ^a   Morgan, Oliver W ^a,c   Tam, Clarence C ^a   Ter Veen, Annemarie ^a   Checchi, Francesco ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34250330760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-4-13     Document Type: Review

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