Health, human rights, and malaria control: Historical background and current challenges

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 10-38

  Brentlinger, Paula E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; WAR;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EFFICIENCY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; WAR; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33846916985     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4065400     Document Type: Article

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