Special section: Health and human rights: Historical perspectives and political challenges

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-41

  Birn, Anne Emanuelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 41249084474     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200165     Document Type: Article

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