Governance, human rights and infectious disease: Theoretical, empirical and practical perspectives

The Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 408-425

  Cohen, Jonathan ^a   Amon, Joseph J ^b  

^a Open Society Institute   (United States)

^b HIV/AIDS Program   (United States)

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EID: 84882543577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370466-5.50020-0     Document Type: Chapter

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