The role of non-governmental organisations in the management of separated and unaccompanied children, following disasters in Iran

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bazeghi, Farnaz ^a   Baradaran, Hamid R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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EID: 77957351774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-256     Document Type: Article

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