Design of health care technologies for the developing world

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages 567-587

  Malkin, Robert A ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Global aid; Global health; International development; Medical instrumentation; Poverty; Service to society

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HOSPITALS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

GLOBAL AID; GLOBAL HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POVERTY; SERVICE TO SOCIETY;

HEALTH CARE;

WATER;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN;

EID: 34748914565     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bioeng.9.060906.151913     Document Type: Review

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