Measuring deaths from conflict

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7659, 2008, Pages 1446-1447

  Garfield, Richard ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

HUMANS; MORTALITY; WAR; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 47149086989     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a146     Document Type: Editorial

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