Influence of free trade on the politics of safety

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-5

  McLoughlin, E ^a   Fairweather, A ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036515471     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.1.3     Document Type: Editorial

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