Death in Darfur

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5793, 2006, Pages 1578-1579

  Hagan, John ^a,b   Palloni, Alberto ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY;

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFLICT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; GENOCIDE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUDAN; UNITED NATIONS; VIOLENCE; WAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; REFUGEE;

AFRICA; DARFUR; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; REFUGEES; SUDAN; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 33748770938     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1127397     Document Type: Short Survey

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21. Supported by N5F grant L55 0550299 and the American Bar Foundation. We thank G. Ferrales, P. Parker, W. Rymond-Richmond, and H. Schoenfeld for their assistance.