Developing a human rights-based approach to tuberculosis

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-7

  Citro, Brian ^a   Lyon, Evan ^b   Mankad, Mihir ^c   Pandey, Kiran Raj ^b   Gianella, Camila ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84975311461     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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5. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Regional instruments include the European Convention on Human Rights; American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
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