Conflict, displacement and health in the Middle East

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 472-487

  Mowafi, Hani ^a,b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Displacement; Health; Middle east; Refugee

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); MALNUTRITION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RELIEF WORK; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS; WAR; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXISM; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE EAST; REFUGEES; SEX OFFENSES; SEXISM; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WAR; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 79959368256     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.570358     Document Type: Review

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