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Volume 1, 2006 - Issue 3: Humanitarian Crises: The Emergency Rooms of Global Health
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High mortality in an internally displaced population in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2005: Results of a rapid assessment under difficult conditions

L. Ahoua Epicentre, Paris, France
,
A. Tamrat Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva, Switzerland
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F. Duroch Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva, Switzerland
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R. F. Grais Epicentre, Paris, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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V. Brown Epicentre, Paris, France
Pages 195-204 | Published online: 17 Feb 2007

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