Pandemic Influenza: Public Health Preparedness for the Next Global Health Emergency
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1073-1105,1748-720X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.2004.tb01962.x