Who should be undertaking population-based surveys in humanitarian emergencies?

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Spiegel, Paul B ^a  

^a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 34250316396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-4-12     Document Type: Review

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