Human rights assessment in Parc jean Marie Vincent, Port-au-prince, Haiti

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-72

  Cullen, Kimberly A ^a   Ivers, Louise C ^b  

^a Mission for Partners In Health   (Haïti)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AID ORGANIZATION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANITARIAN AID; LIVING STANDARD; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; RELIEF WORK; STANDARD;

DATA COLLECTION; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RELIEF WORK;

HAITI; PORT AU PRINCE;

EID: 78650794833     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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