Unjust embargo of aid for Haiti

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Volumn 361, Issue 9355, 2003, Pages 420-423

  Farmer, Paul ^a,b   Fawzi, Mary C Smith ^a,b   Nevil, Patrice ^a  

^a Zanmi Lasante Sociomedical Complex   (Haïti)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HAITI; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; LAW; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 0037311420     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12380-X     Document Type: Note

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