The world health organization and the transition from 'international' to 'global' health

Medicine at the Border: Disease, Globalization and Security, 1850 to the Present

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 76-94

  Brown, Theodore M ^a   Cueto, Marcos ^b   Fee, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 85008477662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230288904     Document Type: Chapter

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