Forgotten refugees and other displaced populations

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9377, 2003, Pages 72-74

  Spiegel, Paul B ^a   Qassim, Mohamed ^b  

^a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

^b UNHCR   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA; ANEMIA; COMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALNUTRITION; MOROCCO; MOTIVATION; NEPAL; NUTRITION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPAIN; WESTERN SAHARA;

EID: 0038501048     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13812-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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