Role of the USA in shortage of food and medicine in Cuba

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9040, 1996, Pages 1489-1491

  Kirkpatrick, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUBA; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTROL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MEDICINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030607606     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)07376-X     Document Type: Article

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