Health differences between populations of the United States of America and the European Union

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 215-218

  Ginter, Emil ^a   Simko, Vladimir ^b  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

European Union; Health expenditure; Infant mortality; Premature mortality; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951964557     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3613     Document Type: Review

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