Health-worker salaries and incomes in sub-Saharan Africa

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9613, 2008, Pages 632-634

  Pillay, Yogan ^a   Mahlati, Percy ^a  

^a National Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALARY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 39449111567     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60283-4     Document Type: Note

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