What the InBev merger means for health in Africa

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Hanefeld, Johanna ^a   Hawkins, Benjamin ^a   Knai, Cecile ^a   Hofman, Karen ^b   Petticrew, Mark ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 85025827960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000099     Document Type: Editorial

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