Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 20-35 , February 2010

Pediatrics, War, and Children

  • Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Women and Child Health, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
    • ,
  • Aisha K. Yousafzai, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Women and Child Health, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
    • ,
  • Alvin Zipursky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Programme for Global Paediatric Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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