Barriers for medical devices for the developing world

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 759-763

  Malkin, Robert A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering World Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 37649005930     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.4.6.759     Document Type: Editorial

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