Toward a national strategy on infant mortality

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Lu, Michael C ^a   Johnson, Kay A ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EDITORIAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84893506199     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301855     Document Type: Review

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