Research in complex humanitarian emergencies: The Médecins Sans Frontières/Epicentre experience

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 0553-0556

  Brown, Vincent ^a   Guerin, Philippe J ^a   Legros, Dominique ^b   Paquet, Christophe ^c   Pécoul, Bernard ^d   Moren, Alain ^e  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^d Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative   (Switzerland)

^e EPICONCEPT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; INFECTION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PELLAGRA; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED NATIONS; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

ALTRUISM; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL;

EID: 43249091671     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050089     Document Type: Review

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