Creating political priority for micronutrient deficiencies: A qualitative case study from Senegal

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Balarajan, Yarlini ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

DEFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALNUTRITION; POLITICS; SENEGAL;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; POLITICS; SENEGAL;

EID: 84905824976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004784     Document Type: Article

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