Open access: A giant leap towards bridging health inequities

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 631-635

  Chan, Leslie ^a   Arunachalam, Subbiah ^b   Kirsop, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Centre for Internet and Society   (India)

^c Electronic Publishing Trust for Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH WORKER; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH WORK;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; PUBLICATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CANADA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; INTERNET; JOURNALISM;

EID: 68249117168     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.064659     Document Type: Conference Paper

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