Better data needed: everyone agrees, but no one wants to pay

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9715, 2010, Pages 619-621

  AbouZahr, Carla ^a   Gollogly, Laragh ^a   Stevens, Gretchen ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIVIL REGISTRATION; CIVIL RIGHTS; DATA BASE; DEATH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 76749152405     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60004-0     Document Type: Note

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