Urban health: It's time to get moving!

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-144

  Barbiero, Victor K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; POPULATION GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

BRAZIL; CITIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84930815897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00071     Document Type: Review

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