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Review
. 2002 Feb 9;324(7333):346-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.346.

Armed conflict as a public health problem

C J L Murray  1 , G King, A D Lopez, N Tomijima, E G Krug
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Review

Armed conflict as a public health problem

C J L Murray et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Sources of information on deaths from conflict and their interrelations
Figure 2
Figure 2
Level of military conflict targeted at each country (from other countries or from within the country) based on systematic review of media reports by country for the year 2000 (increasing redness indicates more conflict) and availability of civil registration data (indicated by cross hatching). (Adapted from the output of the VRA Reader1314)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Estimated age and sex distribution of deaths due to conflicts in the year 2000
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