Progress towards health equity in I.R. of Iran through last three decades

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 130-135

  Olyaee Manesh, A ^a   Haghdoost, A A ^b   Beheshtian, M ^a   Tehrani Banihashemi, A ^a   Motlagh, M ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Education; Equality; Equity; Health; Health Improvement; Human Development Index; Iran; Social

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849102631     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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