Diabetes dictating policy: An editorial commemorating World health day 2016

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 571-573

  Takian, Amirhossein ^a,b   Kazempour Ardebili, Sara ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Health policy; Non communicable disease (NCD); World health day

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; POLITICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AWARENESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLITICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85002341734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.79     Document Type: Editorial

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