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Introduction: Merging Law, Human Rights, and Social Epidemiology

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Scott Burris
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , Winter 2002 , pp. 498 - 509
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2002

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