Editorial: Armed conflict, war and public health

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 903-906

  Utzinger, Jürg ^a   Weiss, Mitchell G ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Cross sectional survey; Demographic surveillance; Epidemiological health transition; Epidemiology; Morbidity; Mortality; Public health; War

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA; WAR;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEBANON; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEES; WAR;

EID: 34547837460     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01885.x     Document Type: Editorial

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