China and India's challenges: the other end of the spectrum

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9648, 2008, Pages 1459-

  Kowal, Paul ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; LONGEVITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 54149109397     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61611-6     Document Type: Letter

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