Local health departments and the challenge of chronic disease: Lessons From California

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Prentice, Bob ^a   Flores, George ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The California Endowment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 84978389012     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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