WHO FCTC as a Pioneering and Learning Instrument Comment on "The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?"
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Health Policy and Management
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2322-5939
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.63