Violent deaths of Iraqi civilians, 2003-2008: Analysis by perpetrator, weapon, time, and location

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Hicks, Madelyn Hsiao Rei ^a,b   Dardagan, Hamit ^b   Serdán, Gabriela ^c,d   Bagnall, Peter M ^b   Sloboda, John A ^b,c   Spagat, Michael ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Iraq Body Count   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BOMB; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEATH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FIREARM; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OFFENDER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WAR; WEAPON; CAUSE OF DEATH; HOMICIDE; INJURY; STATISTICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; VIOLENCE; WEAPONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952268760     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000415     Document Type: Article

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