Large-scale "expert" mortality surveys in conflicts - Concerns and recommendations

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 567-568

  Spiegel, Paul B ^a   Robinson, Courtland ^b  

^a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; CONGO; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; AFRICA; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WAR;

AFRICA; ALTRUISM; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; IRAQ; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 77955289791     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1094     Document Type: Note

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