On the brink of conflict: The people of South Asia deserve better

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 357, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b   Nundy, Samiran ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Ganga Ram Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education and Research   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH ASIA; TERRORISM; WAR; ASIA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WARFARE;

ARMED CONFLICTS; ASIA; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WARFARE;

EID: 85017570137     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j1528     Document Type: Short Survey

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