Detection of infectious disease outbreaks in twenty-two fragile states, 2000-2010: A systematic review

Conflict and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bruckner, Catherine ^a   Checchi, Francesco ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80053335991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-5-13     Document Type: Review

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