Impairments, disabilities and needs assessment among non-fatal war injuries in South Lebanon, Grapes of Wrath, 1996

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-39

  Sibai, Abla Mehio ^a   Shaar, Nadine Sameer ^b   El Yassir, Samar ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b IMPACT Eastern Mediterranean Region   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; INJURY; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SCHOOL; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

LEBANON;

EID: 1642618230     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.1.35     Document Type: Article

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