Some aspects of communicable and non-communicable diseases in pacific island countries

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-187

  Gani, Azmat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Diseases; Mortality; Pacific Island countries; Tuberculosis and malaria

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALARIA; MEASLES; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

COOK ISLANDS; KIRIBATI; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MELANESIA; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYNESIA; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; TUVALU;

EID: 61349145522     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9276-x     Document Type: Article

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