The effect of economic sanctions on the mortality of Iraqi children prior to the 1991 Persian Gulf War

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 546-552

  Daponte, Beth Osborne ^a   Garfield, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; IRAQ; PUNISHMENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED NATIONS; WAR;

EID: 0034068611     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.4.546     Document Type: Article

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