What accounts for the World Health Organization's failure on Ebola?

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-13

  Busby, Joshua ^a   Grépin, Karen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920147327     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096514001851     Document Type: Note

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