Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 10, Issue 20 , Pages 38-46 , November 2002

Objectivity in Priority Setting Tools in Reproductive Health: Context and the DALY

  • Pascale A Allotey

      Affiliations

    • Senior Research Fellow (VicHealth), Key Centre for Women’s Health, Department of Public Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Daniel D Reidpath

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, Social Epidemiology, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

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