Pathology: Functionality in resource-poor settings

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 748-751

  Roberts, Drucilla J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AUTOPSY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84879613249     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2011-0559-ED     Document Type: Article

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