The social and political context of disease outbreaks: The case of SARS in Toronto

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-385

  Salehi, Roxana ^a   Ali, S Harris ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 33847003379     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/G276-2087-2838-R510     Document Type: Article

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