Though 22 different categories of legislation are covered, recent issues reveal particularly high regulatory activity in the areas of food safety, the control of toxic chemicals, smoking, alcohol consumption, and the manufacture, marketing, and safety control of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and medical devices. In recent years, the Digest has also become a key reference to new AIDS legislation enacted throughout the world. International concern over the protection of occupational health, the environment, maternal and child health, and patients' rights is equally apparent in recent issues. Though designed primarily for health administrators and policy-makers, the Digest is also widely read and used as a sourcebook in schools of public health and law faculties, in the pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries, as well as by public health professionals concerned with legislative policies in their special areas of interest. The Digest appears quarterly in separate English and French editions.
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