An innovation in child health: Globally reaching out to child health professionals

Family Medicine and Community Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 35-44

  Jones, Russell ^a   Currow, Kathryn ^b   Kwong, Mary ^c   Menon, Pramila ^d  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Hong Kong Coll of Family Physicians   (Hong Kong)

^d MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Child health; Global health; Health education; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983517136     PISSN: 23056983     EISSN: 20098774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15212/FMCH.2015.0154     Document Type: Note

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