Mortality in Iraq Associated with the 2003-2011 War and Occupation: Findings from a National Cluster Sample Survey by the University Collaborative Iraq Mortality Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Hagopian, Amy ^a   Flaxman, Abraham D ^b   Takaro, Tim K ^c   Esa Al Shatari, Sahar A ^d   Rajaratnam, Julie ^e   Becker, Stan ^f   Levin Rector, Alison ^b   Galway, Lindsay ^c   Hadi Al Yasseri, Berq J ^d   Weiss, William M ^f   Murray, Christopher J ^b   Burnham, Gilbert ^f  

^a HEALTH ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Iraq)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SIBLING; STRUCTURE COLLAPSE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; UNIVERSITIES; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 84886636744     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001533     Document Type: Article

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