The medical severity index of disasters

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 269-273

  de Boer, Jan ^a   Brismar, Bo ^b   Eldar, Reuben ^c   Rutherford, William H ^d  

^a Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disaster planning; disasters; hospital treatment capacity; medical severity index

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE SERVICE; DISASTER; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

DISASTER PLANNING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0024371536     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(89)90359-4     Document Type: Article

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