Public Health
Volume 120 , Pages 23-28 , October 2006

Communicable disease control and contemporary themes in public health law

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00191-0

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.07.010

Public Health
Volume 120 , Pages 23-28 , October 2006