War and Gender Inequalities in Health: The Impact of Armed Conflict on Fertility and Maternal Mortality

International Interactions

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 489-510

  Urdal, Henrik ^a   Che, Chi Primus ^b  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

armed conflict; conflict deaths; fertility; maternal health; UNSCR 1325

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883439714     PISSN: 03050629     EISSN: 15477444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2013.805133     Document Type: Article

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