Editorial: Water rights and water fights: Preventing and resolving conflicts before they boil over

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 778-780

  Levy, Barry S ^a,d   Sidel, Victor W ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d 20 North Main Street ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED NATIONS; WAR; WATER SUPPLY;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; UNITED NATIONS; WAR; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79954622198     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.194670     Document Type: Editorial

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