Measuring deaths from conflict

Editorial

Richard Garfield. BMJ. 2008.

. 2008 Jun 28;336(7659):1446-7.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.a146. Epub 2008 Jun 19.

Abstract

New method is promising but is still likely to underestimate deaths

Competing interests: None declared.

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Mortality in Iraq associated with the 2003-2011 war and occupation: findings from a national cluster sample survey by the university collaborative Iraq Mortality Study.
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