Violence and mortality in West Darfur, Sudan (2003–04): epidemiological evidence from four surveys
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Violence and mortality in West Darfur, Sudan (2003-04): epidemiological evidence from four surveys.
BACKGROUND Violence in Darfur, Sudan, has rendered more than one million people internally displaced. An epidemiological study of the effect of armed incursions on mortality in Darfur was needed to provide a basis for appropriate assistance to internally displaced people. METHODS Between April and June, 2004, we did retrospective cluster surveys among 215?400 internally displaced people in fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(04)17187-0