The duty to report disease outbreaks: Of interest or value? Lessons from H5N1

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 429-445

  Davies, Sara E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

avian influenza; East Asia; International Health Regulations; norm life cycle; state capacity; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860730166     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569775.2011.619767     Document Type: Article

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