Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31 , Pages 112-121 , May 2008

Deaths among Young, Single Women in 2000–2001 in the West Bank, Palestinian Occupied Territories

  • Nadim Al-Adili

      Affiliations

    • Health Specialist associated with Al-Quds University, School of Public Health, Jerusalem, Palestinian Occupied Territories, and PhD student, Division of International Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Mohammad Shaheen

      Affiliations

    • Social Scientist and former Dean, School of Public Health, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestinian Occupied Territories
    • ,
  • Staffan Bergström

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrician and Professor of International Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Annika Johansson

      Affiliations

    • Senior Researcher, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31340-8

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31 , Pages 112-121 , May 2008

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