Mortality of the Iranian ex-prisoners of war in Iraqi detention camps (1980-1990)

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-144

  Khaji, Ali ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b JANBAZAN MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER JMERC   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Iraq; Mortality; Prisoners; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DETENTION; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; PRISONER; RED CROSS; SEPSIS; TIME OF DEATH; TORTURE; WAR; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; INJURY; IRAN; PRISON; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONCENTRATION CAMPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; IRAQ; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PRISONERS; TIME FACTORS; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649831506     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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