Czech Republic vs. Eu-27: Economic level, health care and population health

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-173

  Hájek, Oldřich ^a   Grebeníček, Pavel ^a   Popesko, Boris ^a   Hrabinová, Šárka ^a  

^a TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Economic level; European Union; Health; Health care; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870788499     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3708     Document Type: Article

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