Health geography in Canada: Where are we headed?

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-99

  Luginaah, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Disease ecology; Health care access; Medical and health geography; Utilization

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK; TEACHING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 61449106635     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2009.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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