The unequal world of health data

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Byass, Peter ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POVERTY; REVIEW; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; STANDARD;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; POVERTY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 72949123466     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000155     Document Type: Review

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