Injuries among Afghan refugees: Review of evidence

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-173

  Nasir, Khurram ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^b   Shahbaz, C M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Afghans; injuries; public health; refugee camps; refugees; risk factors; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

AFGHANISTAN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; VIOLENCE; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 7944227579     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00001692     Document Type: Article

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