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Chapter 4 - Response to Humanitarian Emergencies

from Section 1 - Humanitarian Emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2018

David Townes
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University of Washington, Seattle
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Health in Humanitarian Emergencies
Principles and Practice for Public Health and Healthcare Practitioners
, pp. 35 - 52
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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