Health, human rights, and Islam: A focus on Yemen

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 114-137

  Chase, Anthony Tirado ^a   Alaug, Abdul Karim ^b  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; ISLAMISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD; YEMEN;

EID: 20544477376     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4065378     Document Type: Article

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