The Arab Spring and health: Two years on

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-60

  Coutts, Adam ^a   Stuckler, David ^a   Batniji, Rajaie ^a   Ismail, Sharif ^a   Maziak, Wasim ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; INFRASTRUCTURE; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VULNERABILITY; WELFARE PROVISION;

AFRICA; ARAB; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MIDDLE EAST; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAR; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ARABS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEES; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAR; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84873597325     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.43.1.d     Document Type: Article

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