Emerging threats to public health from regional trade agreements

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9876, 2013, Pages 1507-1509

  Gleeson, Deborah ^a   Friel, Sharon ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CANADA; CHILE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPENSATION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; INVESTMENT; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MEXICO; NEW ZEALAND; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NORWAY; NOTE; PACKAGING; PATENT; PERU; PHILIPPINES; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGAPORE; THAILAND; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY; VIET NAM;

EID: 84877579331     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60312-8     Document Type: Note

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