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Reproductive Health Matters
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Volume 16, 2008 - Issue 31: Conflict and crisis settings
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Deaths among Young, Single Women in 2000–2001 in the West Bank, Palestinian Occupied Territories

Nadim Al-AdiliHealth Specialist associated with Al-Quds University, School of Public Health, Jerusalem, Palestinian Occupied Territories, and PhD student, Division of International Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, [email protected]
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Mohammad ShaheenSocial Scientist and former Dean, School of Public Health, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestinian Occupied Territories
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Staffan BergströmObstetrician and Professor of International Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Annika JohanssonSenior Researcher, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 112-121 | Published online: 28 May 2008

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