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Addressing the burden of post-conflict surgical disease – Strategies from the North Caucasus

Karsten Lunze Preventive Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Fatima I. Lunze Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA; North-Ossetian State Medical Academy, Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russian Federation
Pages 669-677 | Received 24 Jun 2010, Accepted 29 Nov 2010, Published online: 23 Mar 2011

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