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Economics of Public Health Interventions for Children in Developing Countries

In: The Elgar Companion to Health Economics

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  • David Bishai
  • Taghreed Adam

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The aim of The Elgar Companion to Health Economics is to take an audience of advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers to the frontier of research in health economics, by providing them with short and easily readable introductions to key topics. The volume brings together 50 chapters written by more than 90 leading international contributors. The contributions to the Companion are concise and focus on specific concepts, methods and key evidence.

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  • David Bishai & Taghreed Adam, 2006. "Economics of Public Health Interventions for Children in Developing Countries," Chapters, in: Andrew M. Jones (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Health Economics, chapter 5, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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