What kind of evidence do we need to justify humanitarian medical aid?

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9329, 2002, Pages 330-333

  Robertson, David W ^a   Bedell, Richard ^b   Lavery, James V ^c   Upshur, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL CARE; MORALITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037183294     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09558-2     Document Type: Note

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