Intellectual property rights, human rights and the right to health

Intellectual Property And Human Rights: A Paradox

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 118-19

  Matthews, Duncan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84890745609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849802048.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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