Syria: End sanctions and find a political solution to peace

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages e363-

  Al Faisal, Waleed ^a   Sen, Kasturi ^b   Al Saleh, Yasser ^c  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c EPOS   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNEMPLOYMENT; ALTRUISM; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WARFARE;

ALTRUISM; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POVERTY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SYRIA; WARFARE;

EID: 84937636812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00046-7     Document Type: Letter

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