Schistosomiasis control and the health system in P.R. China

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Collins, Charles ^a   Xu, Jing ^b   Tang, Shenglan ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health system; P.R. China; Schistosomiasis control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHINA; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

EID: 84875999836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-1-8     Document Type: Article

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