Consequences of ongoing civil conflict in Somalia: Evidence for public health responses

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Guha Sapir, Debarati ^a   Ratnayake, Ruwan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CIVIL DISORDER; CONFLICT; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUNGER; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOMALIA; WAR;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIEF WORK; SOMALIA; WAR;

EID: 69349098604     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000108     Document Type: Review

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