Health geography: Supporting public health policy and planning

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1177-1180

  Dummer, Trevor J B ^a,b  

^a Canadian Center for Vaccinology Dalhousie University Halifax   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 42549152888     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071783     Document Type: Note

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