Global health: Where are our priorities?

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Martin, Greg ^a,c   Bird, Philippa ^b   Crichton, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Globalization and Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Development; Global; Global health; International health; Poverty

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 69949159311     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldp025     Document Type: Review

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