Health and politics in the 2003 war with Iraq: Lessons learned

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Volumn 364, Issue 9442, 2004, Pages 1371-1375

  Burkle Jr , Frederick M ^a,b   Noji, Eric K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Disaster and Refugee Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ABUSE; ARMY; FIRST AID; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IRAQ; NUTRITION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANITATION; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 5044224295     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17196-1     Document Type: Note

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