Ratification of human rights treaties: the beginning not the end

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9688, 2009, Pages 447-448

  Getgen, Jocelyn E ^a   Meier, Benjamin Mason ^b  

^a MIT Sloan School of Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; UNITED NATIONS;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 68049137463     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61444-6     Document Type: Letter

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