Rural public health service delivery: Promising new directions

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1678-1681

  Berkowitz, Bobbie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4944253038     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.10.1678     Document Type: Review

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