Documenting attacks on health workers and facilities in armed conflicts

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 79-81

  Patel, Preeti ^a   Gibson Fall, Fawzia ^a   Sullivan, Richard ^a   Irwin, Rachel ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOUTH SUDAN; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; VIOLENCE; WAR; YEMEN; AFRICA; DOCUMENTATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA; ARMED CONFLICTS; DOCUMENTATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL MISSIONS; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 85008392470     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.15.168328     Document Type: Note

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