Monitoring inequality: An emerging priority for health post-2015

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 591A-

  Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Rez ^a   Bergen, Nicole ^a   Magar, Veronica ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84940741328     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.15.162081     Document Type: Editorial

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