Global public health and the United Arab Emirates

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Aw, Tar Ching ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Emirates; environment; global public health; occupational health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ASIA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WESTERN WORLD; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77953844514     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510372837     Document Type: Conference Paper

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