The future of global health is urban health

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9903, 2013, Pages 1475-

  Stimson, Gerry V ^a,b  

^a Knowledge Action Change   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NOTE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84886783683     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62241-2     Document Type: Note

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