Migration of health workers in the Pacific Islands: A Bottleneck to health development

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 697-709

  Yamamoto, T S ^a   Sunguya, B F ^a   Shiao, L W ^a   Amiya, R M ^a   Saw, Y M ^a   Jimba, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

human resources for health; migration; Pacific Islands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84865698245     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539512453259     Document Type: Article

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