The way forward

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9601, 2007, Pages 1791-1799

  AbouZahr, Carla ^a   Cleland, John ^b   Coullare, Francesca ^c   Macfarlane, Sarah B ^d   Notzon, Francis C ^e   Setel, Philip ^f   Szreter, Simon ^g  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^g ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 35548957941     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61310-5     Document Type: Review

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