Dilemmas of securitization and health risk management in the People's Republic of China: The cases of SARS and avian influenza

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 454-466

  Wishnick, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

avian influenza; risk; SARS; securitization; severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CHINA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHINA; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 77958560063     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czq065     Document Type: Article

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