Communicable disease control and contemporary themes in public health law

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 23-28

  Coker, Richard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHOLERA; CRIMINAL LAW; DETENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMALLPOX; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TYPHUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CRIME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33749261982     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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