Decreasing number of public health centres (hokenjyo) in Japan

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-195

  Hayasaka, S ^a   Murata, C ^a   Shibata, Y ^a   Noda, T ^a   Ojima, T ^a   Takemura, S ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; COMMUNITY CARE; DENTAL CARE; FOOD POISONING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; JAPAN; LAW; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULOSIS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JAPAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 59849083829     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.10.018     Document Type: Letter

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