Meeting threats to global health: A call for American leadership

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 344-361

  Benatar, Solomon R ^a   Fox, Renée C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22544445530     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2005.0067     Document Type: Review

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