Addressing the societal determinants of health: The key global health ethics imperative of our times

Global Health and Global Health Ethics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 37-52

  Birn, Anne Emanuelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84892675548     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511984792.004     Document Type: Chapter

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