Healthy Public Policy and the World Trade Organization: A Proposal for an International Health Presence in Future World Trade/Investment Talks
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Promotion International
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0957-4824,1460-2245
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/13.3.245