Global health metrics and evaluation: A call for abstracts

Zulfiqar Bhutta; Mickey Chopra; Louisa Degenhardt; E. Michael Foster; Julio Frenk; Ramiro Guerrero; Richard Horton; Alan Lopez; Fatima Marinho De Souza; Felix Masiye; Kim Mulholland; Peter Piot; Christopher Murray; K. Srinath Reddy; Kenji Shibuya

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61891-1

Global health metrics and evaluation: A call for abstracts

Zulfiqar Bhutta
, Mickey Chopra
, Louisa Degenhardt
, E. Michael Foster
, Julio Frenk
, Ramiro Guerrero
, Richard Horton
, Alan Lopez
, Fatima Marinho De Souza
, Felix Masiye
, Kim Mulholland
, Peter Piot
, Christopher Murray
, K. Srinath Reddy
, Kenji Shibuya

Institute for Global Health and Development, Pakistan

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1722
Number of pages	1
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	380
Issue number	9855
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61891-1
Publication status	Published - Nov 2012

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