The practice of biosecurity in Canada: Public health legal preparedness and Toronto's SARS crisis

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1647-1663

  Wagner, Estair Van ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NATIONAL SECURITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

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

EID: 48649103874     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a40281     Document Type: Article

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