Annual mortality rates and excess deaths of children under five in Iraq, 1991-98

Population Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-226

  Ali, Mohamed M ^a   Blacker, John ^b   Jones, Gareth ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood mortality; Excess deaths; Iraq; UN sanctions

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFANT MORTALITY; WAR;

IRAQ;

EID: 0041767340     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472032000097119     Document Type: Article

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