Health status and public health in Asia

Authors

  • Claudio Bontempi Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases Sapienza University of Rome
  • Giuseppe La Torre Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases Sapienza University of Rome

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2427/5664

Abstract

After the thematic issues devoted to Public Health in Eastern Europe [1] and in the Americas [2], in the current issue the Italian Journal of Public Health six articles will face different aspects regarding themes of health status and public health in Asia, giving a description of infection, nutritional and health care organization problems, and linking them to social, demographic and religious features. In each article indeed strictly health topics can be understood considering the peculiar and heterogeneous characteristics of the developing countries.

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Published

2011-09-30

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2011)

Section

Editorial