A response to criticism of our estimates of under-5 mortality in Iraq, 1980-98

Population Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-13

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

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood deaths; Excess mortality; Gulf War; Iraq; UN sanctions

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CHILD MORTALITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; UNITED NATIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33847207129     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720601122031     Document Type: Article

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