A Medical Journal for the World's Health Priorities
Open Access
- 28 April 2009
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 6 (4) , e1000072
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000072
Abstract
The PLoS Medicine editors lay out their renewed vision for the journal–of taking an evidence-based approach to publishing on topics of global health priority, which encompass the social, environmental, and political determinants of health, as well as the biological.Keywords
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