A news feature in today's issue of Nature finds that all experts they consulted have only minor quibbles, but don't doubt the overall validity of the study. Extract:



But overall Guha-Sapir says the paper contains the best data yet on the mortality rate in Iraq. And none of the experts contacted by Nature said that their doubts fatally undermined the study. Some, such as Daponte, would have liked the authors to have better assessed their method's shortcomings before releasing a result with such political impact. But most say the result is a welcome addition to conflict epidemiology, which is now seen as playing a central role in assessing the severity of wars, and in helping states recover from them.



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http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v443/n7113/full/443728a.html