http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/324/7333/346

The authors present armed conflict between warring states and groups within states as a major causes of ill health and mortality for most of human history. “Conflict causes deaths and injuries on the battlefield, but also health consequences from the displacement of populations, the breakdown of health and social services, and the heightened risk of disease transmission. Despite the size of the health consequences, military conflict has not received the same attention from public health research and policy as many other causes of illness and death. In contrast, political scientists have long studied the causes of war but have primarily been interested in the decision of elite groups to go to war, not in human death and misery”. Presents tables and graphics to illustrate it. (Au) (BMJ 2002; 324: 346-349.)Sign-in/subscription is necessary for full-text