Of plagues, planes and politics: Controlling the global spread of infectious diseases by air

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 426-435

  Budd, Lucy ^a   Morag Bell, ^a   Brown, Tim ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 70849109272     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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