Statistical methods in analysing health inequalities among the world citizens

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 171-177

  Shanmuganathan, S ^a   Claster, W ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health care indicators

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DISASTERS; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; METADATA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EVALUATION MEASURES; MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENTS; NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS; YOUNGER GENERATIONS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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