Attacks on civilians and hospitals must stop

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2016, Pages e298-e299

  Trelles, Miguel ^a   Stewart, Barclay T ^b,c,d   Kushner, Adam L ^e,f,g  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e OverSeas (SOS)   (United States)

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

^g Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAW; LETTER; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; VIOLENCE; WAR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INTERNATIONAL LAW; WAR CRIME; WARFARE; YEMEN;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; SYRIA; WAR CRIMES; WARFARE; YEMEN;

EID: 84962169064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)00070-X     Document Type: Letter

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