Structural Violence, Political Violence, and the Health Costs of Civil Conflict: A Case Study from Peru

Anthropology and Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Leatherman, Tom ^a   Brooke Thomas, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Peru; Public health; Sendero luminoso; Structural violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920704192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195374643.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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