Public health research needs and challenges in transitional countries of South Eastern Europe

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-51

  Burazeri, Genc ^a,b   Brand, Helmut ^a   Laaser, Ulrich ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Policy making; Public health; Research; Southeast Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749099362     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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