Prevalence, care-seeking, and health service utilization for non-communicable diseases among Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon Bayard Roberts, Kiran Jobunputra, Preeti Patel and Pablo Perel

Conflict and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Doocy, Shannon ^a   Lyles, Emily ^a   Hanquart, Baptiste ^b   Woodman, Michael ^c  

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

^b République Démocratique du Congo   (Lebanon)

^c United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Host community; Humanitarian assistance; Lebanon; Non communicable disease; Refugee; Syria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992202145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-016-0088-3     Document Type: Article

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