Global health: Challenges and opportunities for Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 536-541

  Jahncke, E ^a   Lim, M K ^a   Seow, A ^a   Chia, K S ^a   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Global health; Global health initiatives; Globalisation; International health; Public health; Singapore; Tropical medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SINGAPORE; TEACHING;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77956216073     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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