Nepal's war on human rights: A summit higher than Everest

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Singh, Sonal ^a,b   Dahal, Khagendra ^c   Mills, Edward ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War ^*  (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; DETENTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; NEPAL; POLICY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TORTURE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 23944510523     PISSN: 14759276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-4-9     Document Type: Review

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