Equality in distribution of human resources: The case of Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1 SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages 161-165

  Mobaraki, H ^a,b   Hassani, A ^a,b   Kashkalani, T ^b   Khalilnejad, R ^b   Ehsani Chimeh, E ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Distribution; Human recourse; Inequality; Iran; Lorenz curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879191287     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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