Health and health-research priorities: has WHO got it right?

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9649, 2008, Pages 1525-1527

  Lopez, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 54849430152     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61632-3     Document Type: Note

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