Trends and characteristics of the state and local public health workforce, 2010-2013

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages S303-S310

  Beck, Angela J ^a   Boulton, Matthew L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MANPOWER; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; OCCUPATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 84924702580     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302353     Document Type: Article

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