Excess mortality in refugees, internally displaced persons and resident populations in complex humanitarian emergencies (1998-2012) - Insights from operational data

Conflict and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Heudtlass, Peter ^a   Speybroeck, Niko ^a   Guha Sapir, Debarati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complex humanitarian emergencies; Displacement; IDPs; Mortality; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984822312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-016-0082-9     Document Type: Article

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