Developing priorities for addressing surgical conditions globally: Furthering the link between surgery and public health policy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-385

  Mock, Charles ^a   Cherian, Meena ^a   Juillard, Catherine ^b   Donkor, Peter ^c   Bickler, Stephen ^d   Jamison, Dean ^e   McQueen, Kelly ^f,g  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE;

CONCEPT FORMATION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77949270214     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0263-4     Document Type: Article

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