The role of international law in the control of emerging infectious diseases

Bulletin de l'Institut Pasteur

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 57-72

  Fidler, David P ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030797483     PISSN: 00202452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-2452(97)83914-0     Document Type: Review

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