Organised crime and the efforts to combat it: A concern for public health

Globalization and Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Reynolds, Lucy ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; CRIME; DRUG; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; IDEOLOGY; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMUGGLING;

BEVERAGE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG TRAFFIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 78149457968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-6-21     Document Type: Review

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