Patterns of civilian and child deaths due to war-related violence in Syria: a comparative analysis from the Violation Documentation Center dataset, 2011-16

• Main Authors: Debarati Guha-Sapir, PhD (Author), Benjamin Schlüter, MSc (Author), Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Llanes, DrPH (Author), Louis Lillywhite, MFOM (Author), Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Since March, 2011, the Syrian civil war has lowered life expectancy by as much as 20 years. We describe demographic, spatial, and temporal patterns of direct deaths of civilians and opposition combatants from conflict-related violence in 6 years of war. Methods: We analysed conflict-rela...