Creating a global climate for pediatric cardiac care

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-92

  Leblanc, Jacques G ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; POVERTY; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67650899108     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-009-0019-0     Document Type: Editorial

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