Women pose innocent victims of landmines in postwar Iran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-35

  Soroush, A R ^a   Flahati, F ^b   Zargar, M ^a   Soroush, M R ^a   Khateri, S ^b   Khaji, A ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Iran; War; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749305168     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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