Surgery as a public health intervention: Common misconceptions versus the truth

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 395-

  Bae, Jin Yung ^a   Groen, Reinou S ^b   Kushner, Adam L ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OverSeas (SOS)   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79958058700     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.088229     Document Type: Editorial

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