The role of national public health institutes in health infrastructure development

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7625, 2007, Pages 834-835

  Koplan, Jeffrey P ^a   Dusenbury, Courtenay ^a   Jousilahti, Pekka ^b   Puska, Pekka ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISASTER; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFECTION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 35948966358     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39356.406377.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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