Health Policy in Asia and the Pacific: Navigating Local Needs and Global Challenges

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-57

  Lee, Kelley ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiological transition; Global governance; Globalisation; Health care reform; Health policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907555922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20502680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app5.5     Document Type: Article

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