Retrospective analysis of reproductive health indicators in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees post-emergency camps 2007-2013

Conflict and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Whitmill, Jennifer ^a   Blanton, Curtis ^b   Doraiswamy, Sathyanarayanan ^c   Cornier, Nadine ^c   Schilperood, Marian ^c   Spiegel, Paul ^c   Tomczyk, Barbara ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health indicators; Health information system; Refugees; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960391724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-016-0069-6     Document Type: Article

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