Ecology of War, Health Research and Knowledge Subjugation: Insights from the Middle East and North Africa Region

Nassim El Achi; Marilyne Menassa; Richard Sullivan; Preeti Patel; Rita Giacaman; Ghassan S. Abu-Sittah; on behalf of R4HC-MENA

doi:10.5334/aogh.3015

Ecology of War, Health Research and Knowledge Subjugation: Insights from the Middle East and North Africa Region

Volume 86 (2020): Issue 1

By: Nassim El Achi, Marilyne Menassa, Richard Sullivan, Preeti Patel, Rita Giacaman, Ghassan S. Abu-Sittah and on behalf of R4HC-MENA

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