Communicable disease policy development in response to changing European political frontiers in Finland, Norway and Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 875-878

  Bernitz, Brita Kaltenbrunner ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baltic States; communicable disease policy; communicable diseases; cross border movement; European Economic Area; European Union; Finland; migration; Norway; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; NORWAY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TUBERCULOSIS;

BALTIC STATES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NORWAY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWEDEN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 56349145318     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808089651     Document Type: Article

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