Health status and health services in the occupied Palestinian territory

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9666, 2009, Pages 837-849

  Giacaman, Rita ^a   Khatib, Rana ^a   Shabaneh, Luay ^b   Ramlawi, Asad ^c   Sabri, Belgacem ^d   Sabatinelli, Guido ^e   Khawaja, Marwan ^f,g   Laurance, Tony ^h  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics   (Palestine)

^c Ministry of Health   (Palestine)

^d WHO   (Egypt)

^e United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East   (Jordan)

^f AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WHO West Bank and Gaza Strip   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARMY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; ISRAEL; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STUNTING SYNDROME; WAR;

EID: 61849158762     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60107-0     Document Type: Review

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