An enforceable international compact for infectious diseases: Strategies to operationalize new initiatives to strengthen global health security

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 658-663

  Rubin, Harvey ^a   Kameswara Rao, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education   (India)

Author keywords

Global health security; Infectious diseases; Stakeholder benefit

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349105854     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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