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Impact of War on the Household Environment and Domestic Activities: Vital Lessons from the Civil War in Lebanon

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  1. Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Vanderbilt University, Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, DOT, 2200 Children's Way, Room #11220, Nashville, 37232-9175, TN, USA

    Sari A Acra

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A physician who came of age during the seventeen years of civil war in Lebanon presents the daily challenges to households as seen through his adult eyes, and those of his father – an Associate Professor of Environmental Health, American University of Beirut, at the start of the war – a professor emeritus by its close.

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Acra, S. Impact of War on the Household Environment and Domestic Activities: Vital Lessons from the Civil War in Lebanon. J Public Health Pol 27, 136–145 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200073

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