Healthy people and healthy profits? Elaborating a conceptual framework for governing the commercial determinants of non-communicable diseases and identifying options for reducing risk exposure

Globalization and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Buse, Kent ^a   Tanaka, Sonja ^b   Hawkes, Sarah ^c  

^a UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^b University College London ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial drivers; NCD governance; Partnership; Public private regulation; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 85027570428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-017-0255-3     Document Type: Review

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