Measuring human rights violations in a conflict-affected country: Results from a nationwide cluster survey in Central African Republic

Conflict and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Potts, Alina ^a   Myer, Kathleen ^a   Roberts, Les ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

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EID: 79958268334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-5-4     Document Type: Article

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