Non-communicable Diseases in Humanitarian Settings: Ten Essential Questions

Overview

Journal Confl Health

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Public Health

Date 2017 Sep 22

PMID 28932259

Citations 46

Authors

S Aebischer Perone

E Martinez

S Du Mortier

R Rossi

M Pahud

V Urbaniak

F Chappuis

O Hagon

F Jacquerioz Bausch

D Beran

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