Advancing health rights in a globalized world: Responding to globalization through a collective human right to public health

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-555

  Meier, Benjamin Mason ^a,b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Columbia's Center for Health Policy ^*  (United States)

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EID: 36849012992     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00179.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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