Health and health systems in the Commonwealth of Independent States

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9872, 2013, Pages 1145-1155

  Rechel, Bernd ^a   Roberts, Bayard ^a   Richardson, Erica ^a   Shishkin, Sergey ^b   Shkolnikov, Vladimir M ^c,d   Leon, David A ^a   Bobak, Martin ^e   Karanikolos, Marina ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CHANGE; TOBACCO; USSR;

EID: 84875729148     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62084-4     Document Type: Review

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