Latin America and the Caribbean: Assessment of the advances in public health for the achievement of the millennium development goals

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2238-2255

  Mitra, Amal K ^a   Rodriguez Fernandez, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Global burden of disease; Inequality; Latin America and Caribbean; Millennium Development Goal; Public health

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATERNAL CARE; MOTIVATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VACCINATION; WATER SUPPLY; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED NATIONS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VACCINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED NATIONS; VACCINES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 77954769384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7052238     Document Type: Review

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