Three decades of war and food insecurity in Iraq

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 885-895

  Gibson, Glen R ^a   Campbell, James B ^a   Wynne, Randolph H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84868019356     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.78.8.895     Document Type: Article

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