Reducing health inequities in a generation: A dream or reality?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 84-

  Prinja, Shankar ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DRUG INDUSTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INVESTMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK REDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOALS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 61449202873     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.062695     Document Type: Editorial

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