Rights, redistribution, and regulation

Globalization and Health: Pathways, Evidence and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 317-333

  Labonté, Ronald ^a,b   Schrecker, Ted ^b  

^a Globalization and Health Equity (Institute of Population Health)   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 84892804396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203881026     Document Type: Chapter

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