Health status and epidemiological capacity and prospects: WHO Western Pacific Region

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1109-1121

  Blakely, Tony ^a   Pega, Frank ^a   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^b   Beaglehole, Robert ^c   Lee, Liming ^d,e   Tukuitonga, Colin Fonotau ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^f Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capacity; Epidemiology; Funding; Western Pacific region; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIETIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; JAPAN; MICRONESIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 80051951933     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr014     Document Type: Article

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