Child health in Syria: Recognising the lasting effects of warfare on health

Conflict and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Devakumar, Delan ^a   Birch, Marion ^a   Rubenstein, Leonard S ^b   Osrin, David ^a   Sondorp, Egbert ^c   Wells, Jonathan C K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Conflict; Health; Syria; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959153771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-015-0061-6     Document Type: Review

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