Estimating excess mortality in post-invasion Iraq

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 445-447

  Brownstein, Catherine A ^a   Brownstein, John S ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 38749147229     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0709003     Document Type: Article

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