Health programmes and policies associated with decreased mortality in displaced people in postemergency phase camps: A retrospective study

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9349, 2002, Pages 1927-1934

  Spiegel, Paul ^a,c   Sheik, Mani ^b   Gotway Crawford, Carol ^a   Salama, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037079346     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11915-5     Document Type: Article

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