The lake clinic - providing primary care to isolated floating villages on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Merali, H S ^a   Morgan, J F ^b   Uk, S ^b   Phlan, S ^b   Wang, L T ^c   Korng, S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b The Lake Clinic Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Floating; Mobile; Tonle sap; Villages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LAKE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SHIP; STATISTICS;

CAMBODIA; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LAKES; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SHIPS;

EID: 84904695373     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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