Health status and health needs of older refugees from Syria in Lebanon

Conflict and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Strong, Jonathan ^a   Varady, Christopher ^b   Chahda, Najla ^b   Doocy, Shannon ^a   Burnham, Gilbert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center (CLMC)   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Lebanon; Non communicable diseases; Older populations; Refugees; Syrians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931053073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-014-0029-y     Document Type: Article

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