Does ratification of human-rights treaties have effects on population health?

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9679, 2009, Pages 1987-1992

  Palmer, Alexis ^a   Tomkinson, Jocelyn ^a   Phung, Charlene ^a   Ford, Nathan ^a   Joffres, Michel ^a   Fernandes, Kimberly A ^b   Zeng, Leilei ^a   Lima, Viviane ^b   Montaner, Julio SG ^b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^c   Mills, Edward J ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; MORTALITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 66149164330     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60231-2     Document Type: Note

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