The public health aspects of complex emergencies and refugee situations

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue , 1997, Pages 283-312

  Toole, M J ^a   Waldman, R J ^b  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b U States Agy for Intl Development   (United States)

Author keywords

armed conflict; complex disasters; complex emergencies; internally displaced; morbidity; mortality; public health; refugees

Indexed keywords

BATTLE INJURY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFLICT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISASTER; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY; FEEDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFUGEE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030896222     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.18.1.283     Document Type: Review

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