Towards a common definition of global health

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9679, 2009, Pages 1993-1995

  Koplan, Jeffrey P ^a   Bond, T Christopher ^b   Merson, Michael H ^c   Reddy, K Srinath ^d   Rodriguez, Mario Henry ^e   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^f   Wasserheit, Judith N ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 66149186739     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60332-9     Document Type: Note

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