Harnessing pluralism for better health in Bangladesh

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9906, 2013, Pages 1746-1755

  Ahmed, Syed Masud ^a,b   Evans, Timothy G ^c   Standing, Hilary ^d   Mahmud, Simeen ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL DRUG;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DRUG MISUSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84887985817     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62147-9     Document Type: Review

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