The humanitarian consequences and actions in the Eastern Mediterranean Region over the last 60 years--a health perspective.

East Mediterr Health J

Emergency and Humanitarian Action, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.

Published: March 2009

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