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Estimating the human toll in Syria

The way in which data on conflict violence is collected can not only lead to severe underestimation of the human toll of conflict, but also to misinterpretation of trends in conflict violence, says Megan Price.

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Price, M. Estimating the human toll in Syria. Nat Hum Behav 1, 0049 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0049

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