The new international health regulations: An historic development for international law and public health

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-94

  Fidler, David P ^a,b,c,d   Gostin, Lawrence O ^d,e,f,g,h  

^a Department of Law ^*

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ctr for Law and the Public's Health   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h Institute of Medicine

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33645159846     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2006.00011.x     Document Type: Review

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