Poverty, human development, and the role of eHealth

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Eysenbach, Gunther ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Human development; Medical informatics; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; POVERTY; CANADA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ONTARIO; POVERTY;

EID: 36048998706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.9.4.e34     Document Type: Editorial

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