Casualties in civilians and coalition soldiers from suicide bombings in Iraq, 2003-10: A descriptive study

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9794, 2011, Pages 906-914

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Iraq Body Count   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTLE INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIVIL DEFENSE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SOLDIER; SUICIDE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80052473719     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61023-4     Document Type: Article

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