Human rights and other provisions in the revised International Health Regulations (2005)

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 840-845

  Plotkin, Bruce ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human rights; International health regulations; International law treaties; International public health; International travellers; Public health measures; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD (REGULATION); WELFARE PROVISION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 35348911326     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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