Ebola viral disease outbreak-2014: Implications and pitfalls

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Acharya, Mahip ^a  

^a NONE   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Ebola virus outbreak; Ethics in drug approval; Global health; Pharmaceutical industries; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991607647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00263     Document Type: Note

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